EP2625198B1 - Antibodies recognising phospho-tau - Google Patents

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EP2625198B1
EP2625198B1 EP11773704.9A EP11773704A EP2625198B1 EP 2625198 B1 EP2625198 B1 EP 2625198B1 EP 11773704 A EP11773704 A EP 11773704A EP 2625198 B1 EP2625198 B1 EP 2625198B1
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  • the present invention relates to an antibody or functional part thereof that specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian Tau protein as defined in claim 1.
  • the invention further relates to therapeutic and diagnostic applications of said antibody or functional part.
  • NTs neuropil threads
  • AD Alzheimer's Disease
  • NTs neuropil threads
  • Protein Tau is a freely soluble, "naturally unfolded" protein that binds avidly to microtubuli (MT) to promote their assembly and stability.
  • MTs are of major importance for the cytoskeletal integrity of neurons - and thereby for the proper formation and functioning of neuronal circuits, hence for learning and memory.
  • the binding of tau to MT is controlled by dynamic phosphorylation and de-phosphorylation, as demonstrated mainly in vitro and in non-neuronal cells. Due to the large number of possible phosphorylation sites (>80), the exact contribution of each and the identity of the responsible kinases remain largely undefined in vivo.
  • AD brain tau pathology develops later than, and therefore probably in response to amyloid pathology, which constitutes the essence of the amyloid cascade hypothesis. This is based on and indicated by studies in AD and Down syndrome patients, and is corroborated by studies in transgenic mice with combined amyloid and tau pathology (Lewis et al., 2001; Oddo et al., 2004; Ribe et al., 2005; Muyllaert et al, 2006; 2008; Terwel et al, 2008).
  • tauopathy is not an innocent side-effect but a major pathological executor in AD is based on sound genetic, pathological and experimental observations that corroborate each other fully:
  • AD Alzheimer's disease
  • Immunotherapy targeting tau pathology is anticipated to counteract the pathological protein tau-conformers that are known or postulated to cause synaptic dysfunction and neurodegeneration.
  • Amyloid pathology caused and intra-neuronal aggregates of hyper-phosphorylated protein tau are proposed to act synergistically in the cognitive and degenerative cascade of pathological events that lead from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to the severe dementia of AD.
  • MCI mild cognitive impairment
  • the combination of tau-directed medication with amyloid-directed (or any other) medication will therefore constitute the preferred and, substantially more efficacious treatment of AD, as opposed to current mono-therapy.
  • Jicha et al J Neuroscience, 1999, 19(17): 7486-7494 ) discloses monoclonal antibody PG-5, which recognizes the PKA-dependent phosphorylation of ser409 in tau.
  • the PG-5 antibody was shown by immunohistochemical analysis to react with neurofibrillary pathoglogy in both early and advanced Alzheimer's disease, but not in normal brain tissue,
  • the present invention provides binding proteins recognizing and binding to major pathological phospho-epitopes of the tau protein.
  • the present invention provides specific antibodies against linear and conformational, simple and complex phospho-epitopes on protein tau, particularly on aggregated tau protein that are believed to be responsible for synapto- and neuro-toxicity in tauopathies, including AD.
  • the present invention relates in a first embodiment to an antibody or functional part thereof that specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian Tau protein, wherein said antibody or functional part thereof has a high binding affinity to soluble and insoluble Tau protein, and modulates soluble and insoluble Tau levels, wherein the phospho-epitope is amino acids 405-411 or 405-412 having a phosphorylated Ser at position 409 (pS409), and wherein the antibody or functional part thereof binds the mammalian Tau protein with a dissociation constant of less than 10 nM as measured by surface plasmon resonance, wherein the antibody or functional part thereof does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope.
  • the antibody of the invention or a functional part thereof according to embodiment 1 binds the phospho-epitope on the mammalian Tau protein with a dissociation constant of less than 5 nM.
  • the invention provides an antibody par functional part thereof according to embodiments 1 or 2, wherein the antibody or functional part thereof binds the phospho-epitope on the mammalian Tau protein with an association rate constant of 10 4 M -1 S -1 or greater, particularly with an association rate constant of 10 5 M -1 S -1 or greater.
  • the invention provides an antibody or functional part thereof according to any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein the mammalian Tau is human Tau.
  • the antibody or functional part as described in embodiment 1 comprises in still another embodiment:
  • the invention provides an antibody or functional part thereof as described in any one of the preceding embodiments which antibody is a monoclonal antibody, a chimeric antibody, a humanized antibody, or a fully human antibody
  • the invention provides an antibody or functional part thereof as described in any one of the preceding embodiments, which antibody is of the IgG2a, IgG2b, or the IgG3 isotype:
  • the invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody or functional part thereof as described in any one of the preceding embodiments and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the antibody of the invention or functional part thereof or the pharmaceutical composition of the invention as described in any one of the preceding embodiments may be used in treating or alleviating the symptoms of a neurodegenerative disease or disorder, wherein the neurodegenerative disease or disorder is optionally caused by or associated with the formation of neurofibrillary lesions or a tauopathy.
  • the neurodegenerative disease or disorder is selected from Alzheimer's Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, Dementia pugilistica, Down's Syndrome, Gerstmann-St Hurssler-Scheinker disease, inclusion-body myositis, and prion protein cerebral amyloid angiopathy, traumatic brain injury and further diseases or disorders which do not show a distinct amyloid pathology including, but not limited to, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam, Non-Guamanian motor neuron disease with neurofibrillary tangles, argyrophilic grain dementia, corticobasal degeneration, diffuse neurofibrillary tangles with calcification, frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17, Hallevorden-Spatz disease, multiple system atrophy, Niemann-Pick disease type C, Pallido-ponto-nigral degeneration, Pick's disease, progressive subcortical
  • administration of the antibody of the invention or functional part thereof or the pharmaceutical composition of the invention as described in any one of the preceding embodiments results in the alleviation of cognitive deficits.
  • the alleviation of cognitive deficits comprises an arrest in the progression of the cognitive deficits and/or a restoration of cognitive memory capacity.
  • the invention further provides a cell line that produces the antibody of the invention or functional part thereof as described in any of the preceding embodiments.
  • this cell line is a hybridoma cell line selected from 3A8A12G7 deposited on August 25, 2010, as DSM ACC3086; 2B6A10C11 deposited on August 25, 2010, as DSM ACC3084; 3A8E12H8 deposited on August 25, 2010, as DSM ACC3085; 2B6G7A12 deposited on August 25, 2010, as DSM ACC3087; 6H1A11C11 deposited on August 25, 2010, as DSM ACC3080; and 6H1G6E6 deposited on August 25,2010, as DSM ACC3088.
  • the invention further provides a polynucleotide encoding the antibody of the invention or functional part thereof as described in any of the preceding embodiments.
  • the antibody of the invention or functional part thereof as described in any one of the preceding embodiment may be used in diagnosing a tau-protein-associated disease, disorder or condition, or in diagnosing a predisposition to a tau-protein-associated disease, disorder or condition, in a patient comprising detecting the immunospecific binding of an antibody or functional part thereof to an epitope of the tau protein in situ which includes the steps of
  • the present invention thus further relates to a method of diagnosing a tau-protein-associated disease, disorder or condition, or of diagnosing a predisposition to a tau-protein-associated disease, disorder or condition; in a patient comprising detecting the immunospecific binding of an antibody or functional part thereof to an epitope of the tau protein in a sample which includes the steps of
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional particularly to an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, which binding peptide or protein or antibody recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a phospho-epitope on aggregated Tau protein, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly, does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes, wherein said binding peptide or antibody has a high binding affinity to soluble and insoluble Tau protein, and modulates soluble and insoluble Tau levels, particularly in the brain, particularly with a dissociation constant of at least 10 nM, particularly of at least 8 nM, particularly of at least 5 nM, particularly of at least 2 nM, particularly of at least 1 nM, particularly of at least 500 pM, particularly of at least 400 pM, particularly
  • the binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularty on the human Tau protein of on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but, particularly, does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes, wherein said binding peptide or antibody has an association rate constant of 10 4 M -1 s -1 or greater, particularly of between 3 - 5 x 10 4 M -1 s -1 or greater, particularly of 10 5 M -1 s -1 or greater; particularly on 2 - 9 x 10 5 M -1 s -1 or greater; particularly of 10 6 M -1 s -1 or greater, particularly of 1 - 4 x 10 6 M -1 s -1 or greater, particularly of 10 7 M -1 s -1 or greater.
  • the binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but, particularly, does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylaled epitope and/or to non-related epitopes, wherein said binding peptide or antibody has a high binding affinity with a dissociation constant of at least 4 nM and an association rate constant of 10s M -1 s -1 or greater, particularly a dissociation constant of at least 3 nM and an association rate constant of 10 6 M -1 s -1 or greater, particularly a dissociation constant of at least 2 nM and an association rate constant of 10 4 M -1 s -1 greater, particularly a dissociation constant of at least 1 nM and an association rate constant of 10 5 M -1 s -1 or greater,
  • the binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does hot bind to the corresponding unphosphorylaled epitope and/or to non-related epitopes wherein said binding peptide or antibody binds to an epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein as shown in SEQ ID NO: 67, selected from the group consisting of Tau aa 15-20 comprising a phosphorylated Tyr at position 18 (Y18), Tau aa 405-412 comprising a phosphorylated Ser at position 409 (pS409), Tau aa 405-411 comprising a phosphorylated Ser at position 409 (pS409); and Tau aa 208-218 comprising a phosphorylated Thr at position
  • One binding peptide or antibody binds to an epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein, but especially the human Tau protein as shown in SEQ ID NO: 67, comprising Tau aa 15-20 with a phosphorylated Tyr at position 18 (Y18).
  • One binding peptide or antibody binds to an epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein, but especially the human Tau protein as shown in SEQ ID NO: 67, comprising Tau aa 405-412 with a phosphorylated Ser at position 409 (pS409).
  • One binding peptide or antibody binds to an epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein, but especially the human, Tau protein as shown in SEQ ID NO: 67, comprising Tau aa 405-411 with a phosphorylated Ser at position, 409 (pS409).
  • One binding peptide or antibody binds to an epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein, but especially the human Tau protein as shown in SEQ ID NO: 67, comprising Tau aa 208-218 with a phosphorylated Thr at position 212 (pT212) and a phosphorylated Ser at position 214 (pS214).
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, which binding peptide or antibody recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains, particularly in sequence, a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 21, 24, 27, 28, 29, 82, 73, 81, 93, 101, 106, or an amino acid sequence at least 70%, particularly at least 80%, particularl at least 85%, particularly at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, particularly at least 95%, particularly at least 96%, particularly at least 97%, particularly at least 98%, particularly at
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: SEQ ID NO: 21, 24, 27, 28, 29, 32, 73, 81, or an amino acid sequence at least 85% identical thereto; a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 22, 25, 30, 33, 74, 82, or an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical thereto and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 23, 26, 31, 34, 75, 83, or an amino acid sequence at least 80% identical thereto;
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 21, 24, 27, 28, 29, 32, 73, 81, or an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical thereto; a cDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 22, 25, 30, 33, 74, 82, or an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical thereto and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 23, 26, 31, 34, 75, 83, or an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional art thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain (antibody domain) which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 21, 24, 27, 28, 29 32, 73, 81, or an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical thereto: a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 22, 25, 30, 33, 74, 82, and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 23, 26, 31, 34, 75, 83, or an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 21, 24,
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 21, 24, 27, 28, 29, 32, or an amino acid sequence at least 98% identical thereto; a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 22, 25, 30, 33, and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 23, 26, 31, 34, or an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical thereto, and/or a second binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 12, 15, 18, a
  • binding or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 21, 24, 27, 28, 29, 32, or an amino acid sequence at least 98% identical thereto; a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 22, 25, 30, 33, and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 23, 26, 31, 34, or an amino acid sequence at least 98% identical thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 12, 15, 18, a CDR2
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 21, 24, 27, 28, 29, 32, 73, 81, 93, 101, or 106, a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 22, 25, 30, 33, 74, 82, 94,102, or 107, and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 23, 26, 31, 34, 75, 83, 95, 103, or 108, and/or a second binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 21, or an amino acid sequence at least 76%, particularly at least 80%, particularly at least 85%, particularly at least 90%, particularly at least 95%, particularly at least 98%, particularly at least 99% identical thereto, a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 22, or an amino acid sequence at least 95%, particularly 98%, particularly 99% identical thereto, and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 23, or an amino acid sequence
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 24, or SEQ ID NO: 27, or SEQ ID NO: 28, or an amino acid sequence at least 88%, particularly at least 85%, particularly at least 90%, particularly at least 95%, particularly at least 98%, particularly at least 99% identical thereto, a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 25, or an amino acid sequence at least 95%, particularly 98%, particularly 99% and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 26, or
  • One binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof, particularly antibody, particularly monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, comprises a first binding domain, wherein the CDR1 has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 27, or an amino acid sequence at least 88% identical thereto.
  • One binding peptide ar protein or a functional part thereof, particularly antibody, particularly monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, comprises a first binding domain wherein the CDR1 has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 28, or an amino acid sequence at least 88% identical thereto.
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 29, a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 30, and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 31, or an amino acid sequence at least 95%, particularly 98%, particularly 99% identical thereto and/or a second binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 15, or an amino acid sequence at least 95%, particularly 98%, particularly 99% identical thereto, a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 15, or an
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes, wherein said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 32, a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 33, and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 34, or an amino acid sequence at least 95%, particularly 98%, particularly 99% identical thereto and/or a second binding domain which contains in sequence CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 18, or an amino acid sequence at least 95%, particularly 98%, particularly 99% identical thereto,
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 73, a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ; ID NO: 74, and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 75, or an amino acid sequence at least at least 60%, at teast 70%, at least 80%, particularly at least 85%, particularly at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, particularly at least 95%, particularly at least 96%, particularly at
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 81, a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 82, and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 83, or an amino acid sequence at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, particularly at least 85%, particularly at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, particularly at least 95%, particularly at least 96%, particularly at least 97%, particularly
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 93, a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 94, and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 95, or an amino acid sequence at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, particularly at least 85%, particularly at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, particularly at least 95%, particularly at least 96%, particularly at least 97%, particularly at
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, which binding peptide or antibody recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 101, a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 102, and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 103, or an amino acid sequence at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, particularly at least 85%, particularly at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, particularly at least 9
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains in sequence a CDR1 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 106, a CDR2 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 107, and a CDR3 with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 108, or an amino acid sequence at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, particularly at least 85%, particularly at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, particularly at least 95%, particularly at least 96%, particularly at least 97%, particularly at
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, which binding peptide or antibody recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or an amino add sequence at least 90% identical thereto, and/or a second binding domain which contain the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or an amino acid sequence at least 85% identical thereto.
  • a binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical thereto, and/or a second binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or an amino acid sequence at least 91% identical thereto.
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain (antibody domain) which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11, or an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or an amino acid sequence at least 91% identical thereto.
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 69, 77, 116/92, 97, 105, or an amino acid sequence particularly at least 85%, particularly at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, particularly at least 95%, particularly at least 96%, particularly at least 97%, particularly at least 98%, particularly at least 99% or 100% identical thereto, and/or a second binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a frst binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 6 or SEQ ID NO: 7, or an amino acid sequence at least 90% and 94%, respectively, identical thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, or an amino acid sequence at least 91% identical thereto.
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 8, or an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, or an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical thereto.
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 9, or an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 3, or an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical thereto.
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 10, or an amino acid sequence at least 99% identicat thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, or an amino acid sequence at least 89% identical thereto.
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 11, or an amino acid sequence at least 98% identical thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5, or an amino acid sequence at least 87% identical thereto.
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorytated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 69, or an amino acid sequence at least 98% or 99% identical thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 68, or an amino acid sequence at least 90%, 91%, 92% or 93% identical thereto.
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 77, or an amino acid sequence at least 93%, 94% or 95% identical thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 76, or an amino acid sequence at least 88%, 89%, or 90% identical thereto.
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 116, 92, or 118, or an amino acid sequence at least 93%, 94% or 95% identical thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 88, or an amino acid sequence at least 90%, 91%, 92% or 93% identical thereto.
  • binding or protein or a functional part thereof particularly antibody, particularly monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 97, or an amino acid sequence at least 99% identical thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 96, or an amino acid sequence at least 86%, 88% or 90% identical thereto.
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but, particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes
  • said binding peptide or antibody comprises a first binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 105, or an amino acid sequence at least 98%, or 99% identical thereto; and/or a second binding domain which contains the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 104, or an amino acid sequence at least 88%, 89%, or 90% identical thereto.
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, wherein said first binding domain contains the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 21-34 and said second binding domain contains the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 12-20.
  • One binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof, particularly antibody, particularly monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprises a first binding domain containg the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 21-23 and SEQ ID NOs. 24-26, respectively, and a second binding domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 12-14.
  • One binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof comprises a first binding domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 27, 25, 26 and a second binding domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 12-14.
  • One binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof particularly antibody, particularly monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, comprising a first binding domaine containing the CDRs as shown SEQ ID NOs: 28, 25 and 26, and a second binding domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 12-14.
  • One binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof particularly antibody, particularly monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, comprising a first binding domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 29-31, and a second binding domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 15-17.
  • One binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof particularly antibody, particularly monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, comprising a first binding domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 32-34, and a second binding domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 18-20.
  • One binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof particularly antibody, particularly monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, comprising a first binding domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 73-75, and a second binding domain containing the the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs. 70-72.
  • One binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof particularly antibody, particularly monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, comprising a first domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 81-83, and a second binding domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs:78-80.
  • One binding peptide or protein or a functional p art thereof particularly antibody, particularly monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, comprising a first binding domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 101-103, and a second binding domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs 98-100.
  • One binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof particularly antibody, particularly monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, comprising a first binding domain containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 89, 115, and 91, and a second binding containing the CDRs as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 106-108.
  • binding peptide or protein or a functional part thereof particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, which binding peptide or antibody recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer; but particularly does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes wherein said binding peptide or antibody comprises a
  • the binding peptide as described herein may be an antibody, particularly an antibody of the IgG2a, IgG2b or the IgG3 isotype, particularly a polyclonal antibody, a monoclonal antibody, a chimeric antibody, a humanized antibody or a fully human antibody.
  • said polynucleotide comprises a nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of
  • binding peptide or a functional part thereof particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, or a polynucleotide, or a combination thereof, which is capable of specifically recognizing and binding to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein, particularly a microtubule-associated protein tau, particularly an aggregated microtubule-associated and hyperphosphorylated protein tau such as that present in paired helical filaments (PHF), which are the predominant structures in neurofibrillary tangles, neuropil threads and dystrophic neurites, but, particularly, does not bind to the corresponding; unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes.
  • PHF paired helical filaments
  • the human tau protein is the human Tau protein as shown in SEQ ID NO:67.
  • binding peptides and antibodies as described herein can thus be used for reducing the levels of total soluble tau protein, particularly of soluble phosphorylated tau protein, in the brain, particularly in the brain cortex and/or hippocampus, of a mammal or a human containing increased levels of soluble tau protein and/or soluble phosphorylated tau protein.
  • binding peptides and antibodies as described herein can also be used for reducing the levels of paired helical filaments containing hyperphosphorylated tau protein (pTau PHF) in the brain, particularly in the brain cortex and/or hippocampus, of a mammal or a human containing increased levels of said pTau paired helical filaments (pTau PHF).
  • pTau PHF hyperphosphorylated tau protein
  • pTau PHF total soluble tau protein and/or soluble phosphorylated tau protein and/or pTau paired helical filaments
  • binding peptides and antibodies as described herein can therefore be used in therapy, particularly in human therapy, for slowing or halting the progression of a tau-protein-associated disease, disorder or condition.
  • binding peptides and antibodies as described herein can further be used in therapy, particularly in human therapy, for improving or alleviating the symptoms associated with tau-protein-associated diseases, disorders or conditions such as, for example, impairment or loss of cognitive functions including reasoning, situational judgement memory capacity, learning, special navigation, etc.
  • binding peptides and antibodies as described herein can be used in therapy, particularly for use in the treatment of tauopathies, a group of tau-protein-associated diseases and disorders, or for alleviating the symptoms associated with tauopathies.
  • binding peptides and antibodies as described herein can be used for retaining or increasing cognitive memory capacity in a mammal suffering from a tauopathy.
  • binding peptides and antibodies comprising at least one or all of the light chain CDRs of antibodies ACl-36-2B6-Ab1, ACl-36-2B6-Ab2, ACl-36-3A8-Ab1, and ACl-36-3A8-Ab2 as given in SEQ ID NOs: 25, 26, 27, and SEQ ID NOs: 21, 22, 23, respectively, and/or at least one or all of the heavy chain CDRs of antibodies ACl-36-2B6-Ab1, ACl-36-2B6-Ab2, ACl-36-3A8-Ab1, and ACl-36-3A8-Ab2 as given in SEQ ID NOs: 12, 13, 14, may be used in therapy, particularly in human therapy, for improving or alleviating the symptoms associated with tau-protein-associated diseases, disorders or conditions such as, for example, impairment or loss of cognitive functions including reasoning, situational judgement, memory, learning, special navigation, etc.
  • the antibodies comprising the light chain of antibodies ACl-36-2B6-Ab1, ACl-36-2B6-Ab2, ACl-36-3A8-Ab1, and ACl-36-3A8-Ab2 as given in SEQ ID NO: 8_and SEQ ID NOs: 6, 7, respectively, and/or the heavy chain of antibodies ACl-36-2B6-Ab1, ACl-36-2B6-Ab12, ACl-36-3A8-Ab1, and ACl-36-3A8-Ab2 as given in SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 2, respectively, may be used in therapy, particularly in human therapy, for improving or alleviating the symptoms associated with tau-protein-associated diseases, disorders or conditions such as, for example, impairment or loss of cognitive functions including reasoning, situational judgement, memory, learning, special navigation, etc.
  • binding peptides and antibodies comprising at least one or all of the light chain CDRs of antibodies ACl-33-6C10-Ab1 and ACl-33-6C10-Ab2 as given in SEQ ID NOs: 29, 30, 31, and/or at least one or all of the heavy chain CDRs of antibodies ACl-33-6C10-Ab1 and ACl-33-6C10-Ab2 as given in SEQ ID NOs: 15, 16, 17, may be used in therapy, particularly in human therapy, for improving or alleviating the symptoms associated with tau-protein-associated diseases, disorders or conditions such as, for example, impairment or loss of cognitive functions including reasoning, situational judgement, memory, learning, special navigation, etc.
  • binding peptides and antibodies comprising at least one or all of the light chain GDRs of antibodies ACl-41-7C2-Ab1 and ACl-41-7C2-Ab2 as given in SEQ ID NOs: 32, 33, 34, and/or at least one or all of the heavy chain CDRs of antibodies ACl-41-7C2-Ab1 and ACl-41-7C2-Ab2 as given in SEQ ID NOs: 18, 19, 20, may be used in therapy, particularly in human therapy, for improving or alleviating the symptoms associated with tau-protein-associated diseases, disorders or conditions such as, for example, impairment or loss of cognitive functions including reasoning, situational judgement, memory, learning, special navigation, etc.
  • the binding peptides and antibodies comprising at least one or all of the light chain CDRs of antibodies ACl-35-2A1-Ab1; ACl-35-2A1-Ab2; ACl-35-4A6-Ab1; ACl-35-4A6-Ab2; ACl-35-1D2-Ab1; ACl-35-2G5-Ab1; as given in SEQ ID NOs: 73-75, 81-83, 93-95, 101-103, 106-108 and/or at least one or all of the heavy chain CDRs of antibodies ACl-35-2A1-Ab1; ACl-35-2A1-Ab2; ACl-35-4A6-Ab1; ACl-35-4A6-Ab2; ACl-35-1D2-Ab1; ACl-35-2G5-Ab1; as given in SEQ ID NOs: 70-72, 78-80, 89-91, 98-100, may be used in therapy, particularly in human therapy, for improving or alleviating the symptoms associated with tau-protein-associated diseases, disorders or
  • binding peptides and antibodies comprising at least one or all of the light chain CDRs of antibodies ACl-35-2G5-Ab2; ACl-35-2G5-Ab3 as given in SEQ ID NOs: 106-108 and/or at least one or all of the heavy chain CDRs of antibodies ACl-35-2G5-Ab2; ACl-35-2G5-Ab3; as given in SEQ ID NOs: 89, 115 and 91, may be used in therapy, particularly in human therapy, for improving or alleviating the symptoms associated with tau-protein-associated diseases, disorders or conditions such as, for example, impairment or loss of cognitive functions including reasoning, situational judgement, memory, learning, special navigation, etc.
  • Binding of the peptides or antibodies according to the preceding embodiments to tau tangles and pTau on brains may be determined by applying protein immuno-reactivity testing of selected brain sections and by Western blotting of brain homogenates, respectively, as described in the Examples.
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising a binding peptide or a functional part thereof, particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, or a polynucleotide, as described herein or a combination thereof, in a therapeutically effective amount together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the binding peptide or a functional part thereof may be used in therapy, particularly in human therapy for the treatment or alleviation of the symptoms of tau-protein-associated diseases or disorders including neurodegenerative disorders such as tauopathies.
  • binding peptides, antibodies and/or pharmaceutical compositions as described herein may thus be used for slowing or halting the progression of a tau-protein-associated disease, disorder or condition, upon administration of said binding peptides, antibodies and/or pharmaceutical compositions to an animal, particularly a mammal, particularly a human, suffering from such a disease or condition.
  • binding peptides, antibodies and/or pharmaceutical compositions may further be used for improving or alleviating the symptoms associated with tau-protein-associated diseases, disorders or conditions such as, for example, impairment or loss of cognitive functions including reasoning, situational Judgement, memory capacity, learning, special navigation, etc, upon administration of said binding peptides, antibodies and/or pharmaceutical compositions to an animal, particularly a mammal, particularly a human, suffering from such a disease or condition.
  • the binding peptide or a functional part thereof may be used in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with the formation of neurofibrillary lesions, the predominant brain pathology in tauopathy comprising a heterogenous group of neurodegenerative diseases or disorders including diseases or disorders which show co-exsistance of tau and amyloid pathologies including, but not limited to, Alzheimer's Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, Dementia pugilistica, Down's Syndrome, Gerstmann-St syndromessler-Scheinker disease, inclusion-body myositis, and prion protein cerebral amyloid angiopathy, traumatic brain injury and further diseases or disorders which do not show a distinct amyloid pathology including, but not limited to, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/parkinsonism-dement
  • binding peptide or a functional part thereof particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, or a polynucleotide or a pharmaceutical composition, as described herein or a combination thereof, may be used in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.
  • a method for modulating soluble and/or insoluble Tau levels particularly in the brain, particularly in the brain cortex and/or hippocampus, of an animal, particularly a mammal or a human, comprising administering to said animal, particularly to said mammal or human, the binding peptide or a functional part thereof, particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, or a polynucleotide or a pharmaceutical composition, according to any one of the preceding embodiments, or a combination thereof.
  • modulation relates to reducing the levels of soluble tau protein, particularly of soluble phosphorylated tau protein, in the brain, particularly in the brain cortex and/or hippocampus, of an animal, particularly a mammal or a human containing increased levels of soluble tau protein and/or soluble phosphorylated tau protein.
  • insoluble tau protein particularly of paired helical filaments containing hyperphosphorylated tau protein (pTau PHF) in the brain, particularly in the brain cortex and/or hippocampus, of an animal, particularly a mammal or a human, containing increased levels of insoluble tau protein, particularly of pTau paired helical filaments (pTau PHF)
  • pTau PHF hyperphosphorylated tau protein
  • administering to said animal, particularly to said mammal or human, the binding peptide or a functional part thereof, particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, or a polynucleotide or a pharmaceutical composition, according to any one of the preceding embodiments, or a combination thereof.
  • Also described herein is a method for slowing or halting the progression of a tau-protein-associated disease, disorder or condition in an animal, particularly a mammal or human comprising administering to said animal, particularly said mammal or human, suffering from such a disease or condition, the binding peptide or a functional part thereof, particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, or a polynucleotide or a pharmaceutical composition, according to any one of the preceding embodiments, or a combination thereof.
  • Also described herein is a method for improving or alleviating the symptoms associated with tau-protein-associated diseases, disorders or conditions such as, for example, impairment or loss of cognitive functions including reasoning, situational judgement, memory capacity, learning, special navigation, etc., in an animal, particularly a mammal or a human, comprising administering to said animal particularly to said mammal or human, suffering from such a disease or condition, the binding peptide or a functional part thereof, particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, or a polynucleotide or a pharmaceutical composition, according to any one of the preceding embodiments, or a combination thereof.
  • One method is for retaining or increasing cognitive memory capacity in a mammal suffering from a tauopathy.
  • a method for the treatment of a tau-protein-associated disease or disorder including a neurodegenerative disease or disorder such as a tauopathy comprising administering to an animal, particularly to a mammal, but especially to human, suffering from such a disease or disorder, the binding peptide or a functional part thereof, particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, or a polynucleotide or a pharmaceutical composition, according to any one of the preceding embodiments, or a combination thereof.
  • the predominant brain pathology in tauopathy comprising a heterogenous group of neurodegenerative diseases or disorders including diseases or disorders which show co-exsistance of tau and amyloid pathologies including, but not limited to, Alzheimer's Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, Dementia pugilistica, Down's Syndrome, Gerstmann-St Hurssler-Scheinker disease, inclusion-body myositis, and prion protein cerebral amyloid angiopathy, traumatic brain injury and further diseases or disorders which do not show a distinct amyloid pathology including, but not limited to, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam, Non-Guamanian motor neuron disease with neurofibrillary tangles, argyrophilic grain dementia, corticobasal degeneration, diffuse neurofibrillary t
  • a method for inducing a passive immune response in an animal, particularly a mammal or a human, suffering from a neurodegenerative disorder such as tauopathy by administering to said animal or human the binding peptide or a functional part thereof, particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, or a polynucleotide, or a pharmaceutical composition, according to any one of the preceding embodiments, or a combination thereof.
  • a method for diagnosing a predisposition to tau-protein-associated disease, disorder or condition in a patient comprising detecting the immunospecific binding of a binding peptide or an active fragment thereof, particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, as described herein to an epitope of the tau protein in a sample or in situ , which includes the steps of
  • Also described herein is a method for monitoring minimal residual disease in a patient following treatment with the binding peptide or a functional part thereof, particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, or a polynucleotide, or a pharmaceutical composition, as described herein wherein said method comprises:
  • a method for predicting responsiveness of a patient being treated with the binding peptide or a functional part thereof, particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, or a polynucleotide, or a pharmaceutical composition, as described herein comprising
  • test kit for detection and diagnosis of tau-protein-associated diseases, disorders or conditions comprising a binding peptide or an active fragment thereof, particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, as described herein.
  • the test kit may comprise a container holding one or more binding peptides or active fragments thereof, particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, as described herein and instructions for using the binding peptides or antibodies for the purpose of binding to tau antigen to form an immunological complex and detecting the formation of the immunological complex such that presence or absence of the immunological complex correlates with presence or absence of tau antigen.
  • an epitope selected from the group consisting of Tau aa 15-20 of human tau protein shown in SEQ ID NO: 67 comprising a phosphorylated Tyr at position 18 (Y18), Tau aa 405-412 comprising a phosphorylated Ser at position 409 (pS409), Tau aa 405-411 comprising a phosphorylated Ser at position 409 (pS409); and Tau aa 208-218 comprising a phosphorylated Thr at position 212 (pT212) and a phosphorylated Ser at position 214 (pS214).
  • One of said epitopes consist of Tau aa 15-20 with a phosphorylated Tyr at position 18 (Y18).
  • One of said epitopes consists of Tau aa 405-412 with a phosphorylated Ser at position 409 (pS409).
  • One of said epitopes consists of Tau aa 405-411 with a phosphorylated Ser at position 409 (pS409).
  • a cell line producing a binding peptide or an active fragment thereof, particularly an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof as described herein:
  • a cell line is hybridoma cell line 6C10F9C12A11 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3079.
  • a cell line is hybridoma cell line 6C10E5E9C12 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3081.
  • a cell line which is hybridoma cell line 6H1A11C11 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3080.
  • a cell line which is hybridoma cell line 6H1G6E6 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3088.
  • a cell line which is hybridoma cell line 2B6A10C11 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3084.
  • a cell line which is hybridoma cell line 2B6G7A12 deposited on March 10, 2010 as DSM ACC3087.
  • a cell line which is hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3086.
  • a cell line which is hybridoma cell line 3A8E12H8 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3085.
  • a cell line which is hybridoma cell line 7C2(1)F10C10D3 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3082.
  • a cell line which is hybridoma cell line 7C2(2)B9F11D5 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3083.
  • a cell line which is hybridoma cell line A4-4A6-48 deposited on August 30, 2011 as DSM ACC3136.
  • a cell line which is hybridoma cell line A6-2G5-30 deposited on August 30, 2011 as DSM ACC3137.
  • a cell line which is hybridoma cell line A6-2G5-41 deposited on August 30, 2011 as DSM ACC3138.
  • a cell line which is hybridoma cell line A4-2A1-18 deposited on August 30, 2011 as DSM ACC3139.
  • the invention relates to a cell line, which is hybridoma cell line A4-2A1-40 deposited on August 30, 2011 as DSM ACC3140.
  • the invention relates to a cell line, which is hybridoma cell line A6-1D2-12 deposited on September 6, 2011 as DSM ACC3141.
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line 6C10F9C12A11 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3079 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functionorial part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line 6C10E5E9C12 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3081 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line 6H1A11C11 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3080 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line 6H1G6E6 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3088 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located an a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line 2B6A10C11 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3084 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line 2B6G7A12 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSMAGG3087 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3086 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line 3A8E12H8 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM ACC3085 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line 7C2(1)F10C10D3 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSM AC03082 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line 7C2(2)B9F11D5 deposited on August 25, 2010 as DSMACC3083 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line A4-2A1-18 deposited on August 30, 2011 as DSM ACC3139 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line A6-2G5-30 deposited on August 30, 2011 as DSM ACC3137 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line A6-2G5-41 deposited on August 30, 2011 as DSM ACC3138 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain (VL) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line A4-4A6-48 deposited on August 30, 2011 as DSM ACC3136 using
  • a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof comprising a light chain ( ⁇ /L) and/or a heavy chain (VH) domain, which is encoded by a polynucleotide located on a nucleotide: fragment that can be obtained by PCR amplification of DNA of hybridoma cell line A6-1D2-12 deposited on September 6, 2011 as DSM ACC3141 using
  • the antibody as described herein may be a polyclonal antibody, a monoclonal antibody, a chimeric antibody, a humanized antibody, a human antibody, a camelid antibody, a diabody, or a modified or engineered antibody.
  • the binding peptide or functional part thereof may be a fragment comprising a heavy chain and/or a light chain, particularly a heavy chain as show in SEQ ID NOs: 1-5 and/or a light chain as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 6-11, particularly a Fab or a F(ab') 2 fragment.
  • Also described is a method for producing the binding peptides or antibodies as described herein comprising the step of culturing the cell line as described herein in a suitable cultivation medium and, optionally, purifying the binding peptides or antibody from the cell line or cultivation medium.
  • SEQ ID NO: 1 depicts the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7.
  • SEQ ID NO: 2 depicts the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line 2B6A10C11.
  • SEQ ID NO: 3 depicts the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-6H1-Ab1 and ACI-36-6H1-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 6H1A11C11 and 6H1G6E6, respectively.
  • VH heavy chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 4 depicts the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-33-6C10-Ab2 and ACI-33-6C10-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line 6C10E5E9C12 and 6C10F9C12A11, respectively.
  • VH heavy chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 5 depicts the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-41-7C2-Ab1 and ACI-41-7C2-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 7C2(1)F10C10D3 and 7C2(2)B9F11 D5, respectively.
  • VH heavy chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 6 depicts the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 VK-AD and ACI-36-3A8-Ab2 VK-AD produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7 and 3A8E12H8, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 7 depicts the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 VK-G and ACI-36-3A8-Ab2 VK-G produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7 and 3A8E12H8, respectively.
  • VK light chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 8 depicts the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 and ACI-36-2B6-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 2B6A10C11 and 2B6G7A12, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 9 depicts the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-6H1-Ab1 and ACI-36-6H1-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 6H1A11C11 and 6H1G6E6, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 10 depicts the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-33-6C10-Ab2 and ACI-33-6C10-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line 6C10E5E9C12 and 6C10F9C12A11, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 11 depicts the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-41-7C2-Ab1 and ACI-41-7C2-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 7C2(1)F10C10D3 and 7C2(2)B9F11D5, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 12 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1, ACI-36-3A8-Ab2, ACI-36-2B6-Ab1, ACI-36-2B6-Ab2, ACI-36-6H1-Ab1 and ACI-36-6H1-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7, 3A8E12H8, 2B6A10C11, 2B6G7A12, 6H1A11C11 and 6H1G6E6, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 13 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1, ACI-36-3A8-Ab2, ACI-36-2B6-Ab1, ACI-36-2B6-Ab2, ACI-36-6H1-Ab1 and ACI-36-6H1-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7, 3A8E12H8, 2B6A10C11, 2B6G7A12, 6H1A11C11 and 6H1G6E6, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 14 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1, ACI-36-3A8-Ab2, ACI-36-2B6-Ab1, ACI-36-2B6-Ab2, ACI-36-6H1-Ab1 and ACI-36-6H1-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7, 3A8E12H8, 2B6A10C11, 2B6G7A12, 6H1A11C11 and 6H1G6E6, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 15 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-33-6C10-Ab2 and ACI-33-6C10-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line 6C10E5E9C12 and 6C10F9C12A11, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 16 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-33-6C10-Ab2 and ACI-33-6C10-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line 6C10E5E9C12 and 6C10F9C12A11, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 17 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-33-6C10-Ab2 and ACI-33-6C10-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line 6C10E5E9C12 and 6C10F9C12A11, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 18 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-41-7C2-Ab1 and ACI-41-7C2-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 7C2(1)F10C10D3 and 7C2(2)B9F11 D5, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 19 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-41-7C2-Ab1 and ACI-41-7C2-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 7C2(1)F10C10D3 and 7C2(2)B9F11D5, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 20 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-41-7C2-Ab1 and ACI-41-7C2-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 7C2(1)F10C10D3 and 7C2(2)B9F11 D5, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 21 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 VK-AD and ACI-36-3A8-Ab2 VK-AD produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7 and 3A8E12H8, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 22 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 VK-AD and ACI-36-3A8-Ab2 VK-AD produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7 and 3A8E12H8, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 23 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 VK-AD and ACI-36-3A8-Ab2 VK-AD produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7 and 3A8E12H8, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 24 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 VK-G and ACI-36-3A8-Ab2 VK-G produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7 and 3A8E12H8, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 25 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 VK-G , ACI-36-3A8-Ab2 VK-G , ACI-36-2B6-Ab1, ACI-36-2B6-Ab2, ACI-36-6H1-Ab1 and ACI-36-6H1-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7, 3A8E12H8, 2B6A10C11, 2B6G7A12, 6H1A11C11 and 6H1G6E6, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 26 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 VK-G , ACI-36-3A8-Ab2 VK-G , ACI-36-2B6-Ab1; ACI-36-2B6-Ab2, ACI-36-6H1-Ab1 and ACI-36-6H1-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7, 3A8E12H8, 2B6A10C11, 2B6G7A12, 6H1A11C11 and 6H1G6E6, respectively.
  • VK light chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 27 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 and ACI-36-2B6-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 2B6A10C11 and 2B6G7A12, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 28 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-6H1-Ab1 and ACI-36-6H1-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 6H1A11C11 and 6H1G6E6, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 29 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-33-6C10-Ab2 and ACI-33-6C10-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line 6C10E5E9C12 and 6C10F9C12A11, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 30 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-33-6C10-Ab2 and ACI-33-6C10-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line 6C10E5E9C12 and 6C10F9C12A11, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 31 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-33-6C10-Ab2 and ACI-33-6C10-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line 6C10E5E9C12 and 6C10F9C12A11, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 32 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-41-7C2-Ab1 and ACI-41-7C2-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 7C2(1)F10C10D3 and 7C2(2)B9F11D5, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 33 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-41-7C2-Ab1 and ACI-41-7C2-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 7C2(1)F10C10D3 and 7C2(2)B9F11D5, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 34 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-41-7C2-Ab1 and ACI-41-7C2-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 7C2(1)F10C10D3 and 7C2(2)B9F11D5, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 35 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 and ACI-36-3A8-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7 and 3A8E12H8, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 36 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 and ACI-36-2B6-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 2B6A10C11 and 2B6G7A12, respectively.
  • VH heavy chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 37 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-6H1-Ab1 and ACI-36-6H1-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 6H1A11C11 and 6H1G6E6, respectively.
  • VH heavy chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 38 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-33-6C10-Ab2 and ACI-33-6C10-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line 6C10E5E9C12 and 6C10F9C12A11, respectively.
  • VH heavy chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 39 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-41-7C2-Ab1 and ACI-41-7C2-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 7C2(1)F10C10D3 and 7C2(2)B9F11 D5, respectively.
  • VH heavy chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 40 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 and ACI-36-3A8-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7 and 3A8E12H8, respectively.
  • VK light chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 41 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 and ACI-36-3A8-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 3A8A12G7 and 3A8E12H8, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 42 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 and ACI-36-2B6-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 2B6A10C11 and 2B6G7A12, respectively.
  • VK light chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 43 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-36-6H1-Ab1 and ACI-36-6H1-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 6H1A11C11 and 6H1G6E6, respectively.
  • VK light chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 44 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-33-6C10-Ab2 and ACI-33-6C10-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line 6C10E5E9C12 and 6C10F9C12A11, respectively.
  • VK light chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 45 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-41-7C2-Ab1 and ACI-41-7C2-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line 7C2(1)F10C10D3 and 7C2(2)B9F11 D5, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 46 - 57 depicts the nucleotide sequences of VH/VK forward and reverse primers.
  • SEQ ID NO: 58 depicts the amino acid sequence of Tau 379-408 [pS396, pS404]
  • SEQ ID NO: 59 depicts the amino acid sequence of Tau 5-20 [pY18]
  • SEQ ID NO: 60 depicts the amino acid sequence of Tau 206-221 [pT212, pS214]
  • SEQ ID NO: 61 depicts the amino acid sequence of Tau 196-211 [pS202, pT205]
  • SEQ ID NO: 62 depicts the amino acid sequence of Tau 393-408 [pS396, pS404]
  • SEQ ID NO: 63 depicts the amino acid sequence of Tau 401-418 [pS404, pS409]
  • SEQ ID NO: 64 depicts the amino acid sequence of Tau 200-216 [pS202+ pT205 & pT212+pS214]
  • SEQ ID NO: 65 depicts the amino acid sequence of Tau 407-418 [pS409]
  • SEQ ID NO: 66 depicts the amino acid sequence of Tau 399-408 [pS404]
  • SEQ ID NO: 67 depicts the amino acid sequence of longest isoform of human Tau (441aa), also called Tau40
  • SEQ ID NO: 68 depicts the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-4A6-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line A4-4A6-18.
  • SEQ ID NO: 69 depicts the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-4A6-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line A4-4A6-18.
  • SEQ ID NO: 70 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-4A6-Ab1
  • SEQ ID NO: 71 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-4A6-Ab1
  • SEQ ID NO: 72 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-4A6-Abl
  • SEQ ID NO: 73 depicts the,amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-4A6-Ab1
  • SEQ I D NO: 74 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-4A6-Ab1
  • SEQ ID NO: 75 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-4A6-Ab1
  • SEQ ID NO: 76 depicts the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-1D2-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line A6-1D2-12.
  • SEQ ID NO: 77 depicts the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-1D2-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line A6-1D2-12.
  • SEQ ID NO: 78 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-1 D2-Ab1.
  • SEQ ID NO: 79 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-1 D2-Ab1.
  • SEQ ID NO: 80 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-1 D2-Ab1
  • SEQ ID NO: 81 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-1 D2-Ab1
  • SEQ ID NO: 82 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-1 D2-Ab1
  • SEQ ID NO: 83 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-1 D2-Ab1
  • SEQ ID NO: 84 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-4A6-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line A4-4A6-18.
  • SEQ ID NO: 85 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-4A6-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line A4-4A6-18.
  • SEQ ID NO: 86 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-1D2-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line A6-1D2-12.
  • SEQ ID NO: 87 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-1 D2-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line A6-1 D2-12.
  • SEQ ID NO: 88 depicts the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2A1-Ab1, ACI-35-2A1-Ab2, and ACI-35-4A6-Ab2, respectively, produced by hybridoma cell line A4-2A1-18, A4-2A1-40 and A4-4A6-48, respectively.
  • VH heavy chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 89 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2A1-Ab1, ACI-35-2A1-Ab2, ACI-35-4A6-Ab2, ACI-35-2G5-AB2 and ACI-35-2G5-AB3, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 90 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2A1-Ab1, ACI-35-2A1-Ab2, and ACI-35-4A6-Ab2, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 91 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2A1-Ab1, ACI-35-2A1-Ab2, ACI-35-4A6-Ab2, ACI-35-2G5-AB2 and ACI-35-2G5-AB3, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 92 depicts the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2A1-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line A4-2A1-40
  • SEQ ID NO: 93 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2A1-Ab2.
  • SEQ ID NO: 94 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2A1-Ab2.
  • SEQ ID NO: 95 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2A1-Ab2.
  • SEQ ID NO: 96 depicts the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line A6-2G5-08.
  • SEQ ID NO: 97 depicts the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line A6-2G5-08.
  • SEQ ID NO: 98 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-Ab1.
  • SEQ ID NO: 99 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-Ab1.
  • SEQ ID NO: 100 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-Ab1.
  • SEQ ID NO: 101 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-Ab1.
  • SEQ ID NO: 102 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-Ab1.
  • SEQ ID NO: 103 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-Ab1.
  • SEQ ID NO: 104 depicts the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-AB2 and ACI-35-2G5-AB3, respectively, produced by hybridoma cell line A6-2G5-30 and A6-2G5-41, respectively.
  • VH heavy chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 105 depicts the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-AB2 and ACI-35-2G5-AB3, respectively, produced by hybridoma cell line A6-2G5-30 and A6-2G5-41, respectively.
  • VK light chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 106 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR1 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-AB2 and ACI-35-2G5-AB3, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 107 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-AB2 and ACI-35-2G5-AB3, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 108 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR3 of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-AB2 and ACI-35-2G5-AB3, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 109 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2A1-Ab1, ACI-35-2A1-Ab2, and ACI-35-4A6-Ab2, respectively, produced by hybridoma cell line A4-2A1-18, A4-2A1-40 and A4-4A6-48, respectively.
  • VH heavy chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 110 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2A1-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line A4-2A1-40.
  • SEQ ID NO: 111 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-AB1 produced by hybridoma cell line A6-2G5-08.
  • SEQ ID NO: 112 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-AB1 produced by hybridoma cell line A6-2G5-08.
  • SEQ ID NO: 113 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the heavy chain variable region (V) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-AB2 and ACI-35-2G5-AB3, respectively, produced by hybridoma cell line A6-2G5-30 and A6-2G5-41, respectively.
  • SEQ ID NO: 114 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-AB2 and ACI-35-2G5-AB3, respectively, produced by hybridoma cell line A6-2G5-30 and A6-2G5-41, respectively.
  • VK light chain variable region
  • SEQ ID NO: 115 depicts the amino acid sequence of the CDR2 of the heavy chain variable region (VH) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2G5-AB2 and ACI-35-2G5-AB3.
  • SEQ ID NO: 116 depicts the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2A1-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line A4-2A1-18.
  • SEQ ID NO: 117 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-2A1-Ab1 produced by hybridoma cell line A4-2A1-18.
  • SEQ ID NO: 118 depicts the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-4A6-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line A4-4A6-48.
  • SEQ ID NO: 119 depicts the nucleotide sequence of the light chain variable region (VK) of monoclonal antibody ACI-35-4A6-Ab2 produced by hybridoma cell line A4-4A6-48.
  • SEQ ID NO: 120 - 221 depicts the nucleotide sequences of VH/VK forward and reverse primers
  • polypeptide peptide
  • protein protein
  • peptides or "binding peptide” are used herein interchangeably and refer to chains of amino acids (typically L-amino acids) whose alpha carbons are linked through peptide bonds formed by a condensation reaction between the carboxyl group of the alpha carbon of one amino acid and the amino group of the alpha carbon of another amino acid.
  • the terminal amino acid at one end of the chain i.e., the amino terminal
  • the terminal amino acid at the other end of the chain i.e., the carboxy terminal
  • amino terminus refers to the free alpha-amino group on the amino acid at the amino terminal of the peptide, or to the alpha-amino group (imino group when participating in a peptide bond) of an amino acid at any other location within the peptide.
  • carboxy terminus refers to the free carboxyl group on the amino acid at the carboxy terminus of a peptide, or to the carboxyl group of an amino acid at any other location within the peptide.
  • a binding peptide may constitutes antibodies such as polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies, human or humanized antibodies, diabodies, camelid antibodies, etc, or functional parts thereof as defined herein.
  • fragment thereof refers to a functional peptide fragment which has essentially the same (biological) activity as the peptides defined herein (e.g. as shown in SEQ ID NOs 59-66 in Table 1 respectively), i.e. said fragments are still capable of eliciting a highly specific, particularly a conformation specific, immune response in an organism, but particularly within an animal, particularly a mammal or a human, which is highly effective and capable of preventing or alleviating tauopathies, or the symptoms associated with tauopathies.
  • said fragments still contain the specific pathological phospho-epitope or -epitopes of the tau peptide, as used and defined herein.
  • amino acids making up a peptide are numbered in order, starting at the amino terminal and increasing in the direction toward the carboxy terminal of the peptide.
  • that amino acid is positioned closer to the carboxy terminal of the peptide than the preceding amino acid.
  • amino acid is used herein to refer to an amino acid that is incorporated into a peptide by an amide bond.
  • the amino acid may be a naturally occurring amino acid or, unless otherwise limited, may encompass known analogs of natural amino acids that function in a manner similar to the naturally occurring amino acids (i.e., amino acid mimetics).
  • an amide bond mimetic includes peptide backbone modifications well known to those skilled in the art.
  • the phrases "isolated” or “biologically pure” refer to material which is substantially or essentially free from components which normally accompany it as found in its native state. Thus, the peptides described herein do not contain materials normally associated with their in situ environment. Typically, the isolated, immunogenic peptides described herein are at least about 80% pure, usually at least about 90%, and preferably at least about 95% as measured by band intensity on a silver stained gel.
  • Protein purity or homogeneity may be indicated by a number of methods well known in the art, such as polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of a protein sample, followed by visualization upon staining. For certain purposes high resolution will be needed and HPLC or a similar means for purification utilized.
  • the immunogenic peptides are relatively short in length (i.e., less than about 50 amino acids), they are often synthesized using standard chemical peptide synthesis techniques.
  • Solid phase synthesis in which the C-terminal amino acid of the sequence is attached to an insoluble support followed by sequential addition of the remaining amino acids in the sequence is a preferred method for the chemical synthesis of the immunogenic peptides described herein. Techniques for solid phase synthesis are known to those skilled in the art.
  • the immunogenic peptides described herein are synthesized using recombinant nucleic acid methodology. Generally, this involves creating a nucleic acid sequence that encodes the peptide, placing the nucleic acid in an expression cassette under the control of a particular promoter, expressing the peptide in a host, isolating the expressed peptide or polypeptide and, if required, renaturing the peptide. Techniques sufficient to guide one of skill through such procedures are found in the literature.
  • recombinant peptides can be purified according to standard procedures, including ammonium sulfate precipitation, affinity columns, column chromatography, gel electrophoresis and the like. Substantially pure compositions of about 50 % to 95 % homogeneity are preferred, and 80 % to 95 % or greater homogeneity is most preferred for use as therapeutic agents.
  • the immunogenic peptides may possess a conformation substantially different than the native conformations of the constituent peptides. In this case, it is often necessary to denature and reduce the antiproliferative peptide and then to cause the peptide to re-fold into the preferred conformation. Methods of reducing and denaturing proteins and inducing re-folding are well known to those of skill in the art.
  • Antigenicity of the purified protein may be confirmed, for example, by demonstrating reaction with immune serum, or with antisera produced against the protein itself.
  • detecting or “detected” as used herein mean using known techniques for detection of biologic molecules such as immunochemical or histological methods and refer to qualitatively or quantitatively determining the presence or concentration of the biomolecule under investigation.
  • isolated is meant a biological molecule free from at least some of the components with which it naturally occurs.
  • antibody is an art recognized term and is understood to refer to molecules or active fragments of molecules that bind to known antigens, particularly to immunoglobulin molecules and to immunologically active portions of immunoglobulin molecules, i.e molecules that contain a binding site that immunospecifically binds an antigen.
  • the immunoglobulin according to the invention can be of any type (IgG, IgM, IgD, IgE, IgA and IgY) or class (IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, IgA1 and IgA2) or subclasses of immunoglobulin molecule.
  • Antibodies are intended within the scope of the present invention to include monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal, chimeric, single chain, bispecific, simianized, human and humanized antibodies, camelid antibodies, diabodies, as well as functional parts or active fragments thereof.
  • active fragments of molecules that bind to known antigens include Fab and F(ab') 2 fragments, including the products of a Fab immunoglobulin expression library and epitope-binding fragments of any of the antibodies and fragments mentioned above.
  • active fragments can be derived from an antibody of the present invention by a number of techniques.
  • purified monoclonal antibodies can be cleaved with an enzyme, such as pepsin, and subjected to HPLC gel filtration. The appropriate fraction containing Fab fragments can then be collected and concentrated by membrane filtration and the like.
  • an enzyme such as pepsin
  • HPLC gel filtration The appropriate fraction containing Fab fragments can then be collected and concentrated by membrane filtration and the like.
  • general techniques for the isolation of active fragments of antibodies see for example, Khaw, B. A. et al. J. Nucl. Med. 23:1011-1019 (1982 ); Rousseaux et al. Methods Enzymology, 121:663-69, Academic Press, (1986 ).
  • a “humanized antibody” refers to a type of engineered antibody having its CDRs derived from a non-human donor immunoglobulin, the remaining immunoglobulin-derived parts of the molecule being derived from one (or more) human immunoglobulin(s).
  • a humanized antibody may further refer to an antibody having a variable region where one or more of its framework regions have human or primate amino acids, In addition, framework support residues may be altered to preserve binding affinity.
  • Methods to obtain "humanized antibodies” are well known to those skilled in the art. (see, e.g., Queen et al., Proc. Natl Acad Sci USA, 86:10029-10032 (1989 ), Hodgson et al., Bio/Technoloy, 9:421 (1991 )).
  • a “humanized antibody” may also be obtained by a novel genetic engineering approach that enables production of affinity-matured humanlike polyclonal antibodies in large animals such as, for example, rabbits (http://www.rctech.com/bioventures/therapeutic.php).
  • Fully human antibody or “human” antibody is meant to refer to an antibody derived from transgenic mice carrying human antibody genes or from human cells. To the human immune system, however, the difference between “fully human”, “human”, and “humanized” antibodies may be negligible or nonexistent and as such all three may be of equal efficacy and safety.
  • monoclonal antibody is also well recognized in the art and refers to an antibody that is mass produced in the laboratory from a single clone and that recognizes only one antigen.
  • Monoclonal antibodies are typically made by fusing a normally short-lived, antibody-producing B cell to a fast-growing cell, such as a cancer cell (sometimes referred to as an "immortal" cell). The resulting hybrid cell, or hybridoma, multiplies rapidly, creating a clone that produces large quantities of the antibody.
  • antigen refers to an entity or fragment thereof which can induce an immune response in an organism, particularly an animal, more particularly a mammal including a human.
  • the term includes immunogens and regions responsible for antigenicity or antigenic determinants.
  • soluble means partially or completely dissolved in an aqueous solution.
  • immunogenic refers to substances which elicit or enhance the production of antibodies, T-cells and other reactive immune cells directed against an immunogenic agent and contribute to an immune response in humans or animals.
  • An immune response occurs when an individual produces sufficient antibodies, T-cells and other reactive immune cells against administered immunogenic compositions of the present invention to moderate or alleviate the disorder to be treated.
  • hybrida is art recognized and is understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to refer to a cell produced by the fusion of an antibody-producing cell and an immortal cell, e.g. a multiple myeloma cell. This hybrid cell is capable of producing a continuous supply of antibody. See the definition of "monoclonal antibody” above and the Examples below for a more detailed description of the method of fusion.
  • carrier means a structure in which antigenic peptide or supramolecular construct can be incorporated into or can be associated with, thereby presenting or exposing antigenic peptides or part of the peptide to the immune system of a human or animal.
  • Any particle that can be suitably used in animal or human therapy such as, for example, a vesicle, a particle or a particulate body may be used as a carrier within the context of the present invention.
  • carrier further comprises methods of delivery wherein supramolecular antigenic construct compositions comprising the antigenic peptide may be transported to desired sites by delivery mechanisms.
  • delivery mechanisms utilizes colloidal metals such as colloidal gold.
  • Carrier proteins that can be used in the supramolecular antigenic construct compositions of the present invention include, but are not limited to, maltose binding peptide "MBP”; bovine serum albumin “BSA”; keyhole lympet hemocyanin “KLH”; ovalbumin; flagellin; thyroglobulin; serum albumin of any species; gamma globulin of any species; syngeneic cells; syngeneic cells bearing la antigens; and polymers of D- and/or L- amino acids.
  • terapéuticaally effective amount refers to the amount of binding peptide which, when administered to a human or animal, is sufficient to result in a therapeutic effect in said human or animal.
  • the effective amount is readily determined by one of ordinary skill in the art following routine procedures.
  • PHF neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and neuropil threads. PHF may also be seen in some but not all dystrophic neurites associated with neuritic plaques.
  • the major component of PHF is a hyperphosphorylated form of microtubule-associated protein tau. PHF are composed of disulfide-linked antiparallel hyper-phosphorylated tau proteins. PHF tau may be truncated of its C-terminal 20 amino acid residues. The mechanisms underlying PHF formation are uncertain but hyper-phosphorylation of tau may disengage it from microtubules, increasing the soluble pool of tau.
  • the antibody induced response to the antigenic composition according to the invention is largely T-cell independent.
  • a nude mouse model was used in this respect and nude mice were vaccinated and antibody responses measured to evaluate the A ⁇ -specific antibody response induced by the antigenic composition according to the invention in the immunized nude mice.
  • the nude mice carry the Foxn1nu mutation and as a consequence, have reduced T-cell function due to the lack of a proper thymus.
  • a “pharmaceutically effective amount” as used herein refers to a dose of the active ingredient in a pharmaceutical composition adequate to cure, or at least partially arrest, the symptoms of the disease, disorder or condition to be treated or any complications associated therewith.
  • the present invention relates to binding peptides as provided in the claims recognizing and binding to major pathological phospho-epitopes of the tau protein.
  • the present invention provides specific antibodies against linear and conformational, simple and complex phospho-epitopes on protein tau that are believed to be responsible for synapto- and neuro-toxicity in tauopathies, including AD.
  • binding peptide or a functional part thereof particularly to an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, which binding peptide or antibody recognizes and specifically binds to a phospho-epitope on a mammalian, particularly on the human Tau protein or on a fragment thereof, particularly to a pathological protein tau conformer, but, particularly, does not bind to the corresponding unphosphorylated epitope and/or to non-related epitopes, wherein said binding peptide or antibody has a high binding affinity with a dissociation constant of at least 10 nM, particularly of at least 8 nM, Particularly of at least 5 nM, particularly of at least 2 nM, Particularly of at least 1 nM, particularly of at least 500 ⁇ M particularly of at least 400 pM particularly of at least 300 pM, particularly of at least 200 pM, particularly of at least 100 pM, particularly of at least 50 pM.
  • Soluble Tau protein refers to proteins consisting of both completely solubilized Tau protein/peptide monomers or of Tau-like peptides/proteins, or of modified or truncated Tau peptides/proteins or of other derivates of Tau peptides/proteins monomers, and of Tau protein oligomers.
  • Soluble Tau excludes particularly neurofibrillary tangles (NFT).
  • Insoluble Tau refers to multiple aggregated monomers of Tau peptides or proteins, or of Tau-like peptides/proteins, or of modified or truncated Tau peptides/proteins or of other derivates of Tau peptides/proteins forming oligomeric or polymeric structures which are insoluble both in vitro in aqueous medium and in vivo in the mammalian or human body more particularly in the brain, but particularly to multiple aggregated monomers of Tau or of modified or truncated Tau peptides/proteins or of derivatives thereof, which are insoluble in the mammalian or human body more particularly in the brain, respectively.
  • “Insoluble Tau” particularly includes neurofibrillary tangles (NFT).
  • “"Monomeric Tau” or “Tau monomer” as used herein refers to completely solubilized Tau proteins without aggeregated complexes in aqueous medium.
  • Aggregated Tau refers to multiple aggregated monomers of Tau peptides or proteins, or of Tau-like peptides/proteins, or of modified or truncated Tau peptides/proteins or of other derivates of Tau peptides/proteins forming oligomeric or polymeric structures which are insoluble or soluble both in vitro in aequeous medium and in vivo in the mammalian or human body more particularly in the brain, but particularly to multiple aggregated monomers of Tau or of modified or truncated Tau peptides/proteins or of derivatives thereof, which are insoluble or soluble in the mammalian or human body more particularly in the brain, respectively.”
  • the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or a functional part thereof, or a polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding said antibody, according to any one of the embodiments described and claimed herein, or a combination thereof, in a therapeutically effective amount together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • Suitable pharmaceutical carriers, diluents and/or excipients are well known in the art and include, for example, phosphate buffered saline solutions, water, emulsions such as oil/water emulsions, various types of wetting agents, sterile solutions, etc.
  • the antibodies can be prepared in a physiologically acceptable formulation and may comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent and/or excipient using known techniques.
  • a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier diluent and/or excipient
  • the monoclonal antibodies of the invention including any functionally equivalent antibodies or functional parts thereof, are combined with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent and/or excipient to form a therapeutic composition.
  • Suitable pharmaceutical carriers, diluents and/or excipients are well known in the art and include, for example, phosphate buffered saline solutions, water, emulsions such as oil/water emulsions, various types of wetting agents, sterile solutions, etc.
  • Formulation of the pharmaceutical composition according to the invention can be accomplished according to standard methodology known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • compositions of the present invention may be administered to a subject in the form of a solid, liquid or aerosol at a suitable, pharmaceutically effective dose.
  • solid compositions include pills, creams, and implantable dosage units. Pills may be administered orally.
  • Therapeutic creams may be administered topically.
  • Implantable dosage units may be administered locally, for example, at a tumor site, or may be implanted for systematic release of the therapeutic composition, for example, subcutaneously.
  • liquid compositions include formulations adapted for injection intramuscularly, subcutaneously, intravenously, intra-arterially, and formulations for topical and intraocular administration.
  • aerosol formulations include inhaler formulations for administration to the lungs.
  • compositions may be administered by standard routes of administration.
  • the composition may be administered by topical, oral, rectal, nasal, interdermal, intraperitoneal, or parenteral (for example, intravenous, subcutaneous, or intramuscular) routes.
  • composition may be incorporated into sustained release matrices such as biodegradable polymers, the polymers being implanted in the vicinity of where delivery is desired, for example, at the site of a tumor.
  • sustained release matrices such as biodegradable polymers
  • the method includes administration of a single dose, administration of repeated doses at predetermined time intervals, and sustained administration for a predetermined period of time.
  • a sustained release matrix is a matrix made of materials, usually polymers which are degradable by enzymatic or acid/base hydrolysis or by dissolution. Once inserted into the body, the matrix is acted upon by enzymes and body fluids.
  • the sustained release matrix desirably is chosen by biocompatible materials such as liposomes, polylactides (polylactide acid), polyglycolide (polymer of glycolic acid), polylactide co-glycolide (copolymers of lactic acid and glycolic acid), polyanhydrides, poly(ortho)esters, polypeptides, hyaluronic acid, collagen, chondroitin sulfate, carboxylic acids, fatty acids, phospholipids, polysaccharides, nucleic acids, polyamino acids, amino acids such phenylalanine, tyrosine, isoleucine, polynucleotides, polyvinyl propylene, polyvinylpyrrolidone and silicone.
  • the dosage of the composition will depend on various factors such as, for example, the condition of being treated, the particular composition used, and other clinical factors such as weight, size, sex and general health condition of the patient, body surface area, the particular compound or composition to be administered, other drugs being administered concurrently, and the route of administration.
  • composition according to the invention may be administered in combination with other compositions comprising an biologically active substance or compound such as, for example, a known compound used in the medication of tauopathies and/or of amyloidoses, a group of disease and disorders associated with amyloid or amyloid-like protein such as the amyloid ⁇ protein involved in Alzheimer's Disease.
  • an biologically active substance or compound such as, for example, a known compound used in the medication of tauopathies and/or of amyloidoses, a group of disease and disorders associated with amyloid or amyloid-like protein such as the amyloid ⁇ protein involved in Alzheimer's Disease.
  • the other biologically active substance or compound may exert its biological effect by the same or a similar mechanism as the therapeutic vaccine according to the invention or by an unrelated mechanism of action or by a multiplicity of related and/or unrelated mechanisms of action.
  • the other biologically active compound may include neutron-transmission enhancers, psychotherapeutic drugs, acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, calcium-channel blockers, biogenic amines, benzodiazepine tranquillizers, acetylcholine synthesis, storage or release enhancers, acetylcholine postsynaptic receptor agonists, monoamine oxidase-A or -B inhibitors, N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor antagonists, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antioxidants, and serotonergic receptor antagonists.
  • neutron-transmission enhancers may include neutron-transmission enhancers, psychotherapeutic drugs, acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, calcium-channel blockers, biogenic amines, benzodiazepine tranquillizers, acetylcholine synthesis, storage or release enhancers, acetylcholine postsynaptic receptor agonists, monoamine oxidase-A or -B inhibitors,
  • the biologically active agent or compound may comprise at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds against oxidative stress, anti-apoptotic compounds, metal chelators, inhibitors of DNA repair such as pirenzepin and metabolites, 3- amino-1-propanesulfonic acid (3APS), 1,3-propanedisulfonate (1,3PDS), secretase activators, [beta]- and 7-secretase inhibitors, tau proteins, neurotransmitter, /3-sheet breakers, antiinflammatory molecules, "atypical antipsychotics” such as, for example clozapine, ziprasidone, risperidone, aripiprazole or olanzapine or cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) such as tacrine, rivastigmine, donepezil, and/or galantamine and other drugs and nutritive supplements such as, for example, vitamin B 12, cysteine, a precursor of acetylcholine, lecithin,
  • composition may comprise niacin or memantine together with a binding peptide according to the invention including antibodies. particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof, and, optionally, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and/or a diluent and/or an excipient.
  • compositions may further comprise "atypical antipsychotics" such as, for example clozapine, ziprasidone, risperidone, aripiprazole or olanzapine for the treatment of positive and negative psychotic symptoms including hallucinations, delusions, thought disorders (manifested by marked incoherence, derailmenf; CADity), and playful or disorganized behavior, as well as anhedonia, flattened affect, apathy, and social withdrawal, together with the antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof, and, optionally, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and/or a diluent and/or an excipient
  • "atypical antipsychotics” such as, for example clozapine, ziprasidone, risperidone, aripiprazole or olanzapine for the treatment of positive and negative psychotic symptoms including hallucinations, delusions, thought disorders (manifested by marked incoherence, derailmenf;
  • compositions in addition to antibodies according to the invention are those disclosed, for example, in WO 2004/058258 (see especially pages 16 and 17) including therapeutic drug targets (page 36-39), alkanesulfonic acids and alkanolsulfuric acid (pages 39-51), cholinesterase inhibitors (pages 51-56), NMDA receptor antagonists (pages 56-58), estrogens (pages 58-59), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (pages 60-61), antioxidants (pates 61-62), peroxisome proliferators-activated receptors (PPAR) agonists (pages 63-67), cholesterol-lowering agents (pages 68-75); amyloid inhibitors (pages 75-77), amyloid formation inhibitors (pages 77-78), metal chelators (pages 78-79), anti-psychotics and anti-depressants (pages 80-82), nutritional supplements (pages 83-89) and compounds increasing the availability of biologically active substances
  • Proteinaceous pharmaceutically active matter may be present in amounts between 1 ng and 10 mg per dose.
  • the regime of administration should be in the range of between 0.1 ⁇ g and 10 mg of the antibody according to the invention, particularly in a range 1.0 ⁇ g to 1.0 mg, and more particularly in a range of between 1.0 ⁇ g and 100 ⁇ g, with all individual numbers falling within these ranges also being part of the invention. If the administration occurs through continuous infusion a more proper dosage may be in the range of between 0.01 ⁇ g and 10 mg units per kilogram of body weight per hour with all individual numbers falling within these ranges also being part of the invention.
  • Parenteral administration will generally be parenterally, e.g. intravenously.
  • Preparations for parenteral administration include sterile aqueous or non-aqueous solutions, suspensions and emulsions.
  • Non-aqueous solvents include, without being limited to, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, vegetable oil such as olive oil, and injectable organic esters such as ethyl oleate.
  • Aqueous solvents may be chosen from the group consisting of water, alcohol/aqueous solutions, emulsions or suspensions including saline and buffered media.
  • Parenteral vehicles include sodium chloride solution, Ringer's dextrose, dextrose and sodium chloride, lactated Ringer's, or fixed oils.
  • Intravenous vehicles include fluid and nutrient replenishers, electrolyte replenishes (such as those based on Ringer's dextrose) and others. Preservatives may also be present such as, for example, antimicrobials, antioxidants, chelating agents, inert gases, etc.
  • the pharmaceutical composition may further comprise proteinaceous carriers such as, for example, serum albumin or immunoglobulin, particularly of human origin. Further biologically active agents may be present in the pharmaceutical composition of the invention dependent on its the intended use.
  • proteinaceous carriers such as, for example, serum albumin or immunoglobulin, particularly of human origin.
  • Further biologically active agents may be present in the pharmaceutical composition of the invention dependent on its the intended use.
  • the antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof are to traverse the blood-brain barrier.
  • Certain neurodegenerative diseases are associated with an increase in permeability of the blood-brain barrier, such that the antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies or active fragment thereof can be readily introduced to the brain.
  • the blood-brain barrier remains intact, several art-known approaches exist for transporting molecules across it, including; but not limited to, physical methods, lipid-based methods, and receptor and channel-based methods.
  • Circumvention methods include, but are not limited to, direct injection into the brain (see, e.g., Papanastassiou et al., Gene Therapy 9: 398-406 (2002 )) and implanting a delivery device in the brain (see, e.g., Gill et al., Nature Med. 9: 589-595 (2003 ); and Gliadel Wafers(TM), Guildford Pharmaceutical).
  • Methods of creating openings in the barrier include, but are not limited to, ultrasound (see, e.g., U.S. Patent Publication No. 2002/0038086 ), osmotic pressure (e.g., by administration of hypertonic mannitol ( Neuwelt, E. A., Implication of the Blood-Brain Barrier and its Manipulation, Vols 1 & 2, Plenum Press, N. Y. (1-989 )), permeabilization by, e.g., bradykinin or permeabilizer A-7 (see, e.g., U.S. Patent Nos.
  • Lipid-based methods of transporting the antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies, or an active fragment thereof across the blood-brain barrier include, but are not limited to, encapsulating the binding peptide according to the invention including antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies, or active fragment thereof in liposomes that are coupled to active fragments thereof that bind to receptors on the vascular endothelium of the blood-brain barrier (see, e.g., U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20020025313 ), and coating the binding peptide according to the invention including antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies, or active fragment thereof in low-density lipoprotein particles (see, e.g., U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20040204354 ) or apolipoprotein E (see, e.g., U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20040131692 ).
  • Receptor and channel-based methods of transporting the antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies, or active fragment thereof across the blood-brain barrier include, but are not limited to, using glucocorticoid blockers to across the blood-brain barrier include, but are not limited to, using glucocorticoid blockers to increase permeability of the blood-brain barrier (see, e.g., U.S. Patent Application Publication Nos. 2002/0065259 , 2003/0162695 , and 2005/0124533 ); activating potassium channels (see, e.g., U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2005/0089473 ), inhibiting ABC drug transporters (see, e.g., U.S. Patent Application Publication No.
  • Single or repeated administrations of the antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies, or an active fragment thereof, or of a pharmaceutical composition according to the invention may be provided to a subject over an extended period of time.
  • the duration of administration may be between 1 week and up to 12 month or more.
  • the binding peptide, antibody or pharmaceutical composition may be administerd once a week, once every two weeks, three weeks, four weeks, etc, or at a higher or lower frequency depending on the needs of the subject to be treated.
  • the present invention provides ex vivo methods, compositions for use in in situ methods and kits for the detection and diagnosis of tau-protein-associated diseases, disorders or conditions, including neurodegenerative diseases or disorders such as tauopathies comprising a heterogenous group of neurodegenerative diseases or disorders including diseases or disorders which show co-exsistance of tau and amyloid pathologies including, but not limited to, Alzheimer's Disease, Greutzfeldt-Jacob disease.
  • the present invention provides ex vivo methods, compositions for use in in situ methods and kits for diagnosing a predisposition to tau-protein-associated diseases, disorders or conditions, including neurodegenerative diseases or disorders such as tauopathies comprising a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative diseases or disorders including diseases or disorders which show co-exsistance of tau and amyloid pathologies, or for monitoring minimal residual disease in a patient or for predicting responsiveness of a patient to a treatment with antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof, or a composition according to the invention and as described herein.
  • These methods include known immunological methods commonly used for defecting or quantifying substances in biological samples or in an in situ condition.
  • Diagnosis of a tau-protein-associated disease or condition or of a predisposition to an tau-protein-associated disease or condition in a subject in need thereof, particularly a mammal, more particularly a human including neurodegenerative diseases or disorders such as tauopathies comprising a heterogenous group of neurodegenerative diseases or disorders including diseases or disorders which show co-exsistance of tau and amyloid pathologies may be achieved by detecting the immunospecific binding of an antibody, particularly of a monoclonal antibody or an active fragment thereof, to an epitope of the tau protein in a sample or in situ, which includes bringing the sample or a specific body part or body area suspected to contain the tau protein into contact with an antibody which binds an epitope of the tau protein, allowing the antibody to bind to the tau protein to form an immunologic complex, detecting the formation of the immunologic complex and correlating the presence or absence of the immunologic complex with the presence or absence of tau proteih in the sample or specific body part or area, optionally comparing the amount of the immuno
  • Monitoring minimal residual disease in a subject, particularly a mammal, more particularly a human, following treatment with antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof, or a composition according to the invention may be achieved by detecting the immunospecific binding of an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody or an active fragment thereof to an epitope of the tau protein in a sample or in situ , which includes bringing the sample or a specific body part or body area suspected to contain the tau protein into contact with antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof, which bind an epitope of the tau protein, allowing to antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof, to bind to the tau protein to form an immunologic complex, detecting the formation of the immunologic complex and correlating the presence or absence of the immunologic complex with the presence or absence of tau protein in the sample or specific body part or area, optionally comparing the amount of said immunologic complex to a normal control value, wherein an increase in the amount of said immunologic complex compared to a normal control value indicates that the subject
  • Predicting responsiveness of a subject, particularly a mammal, more particularly a human, to a treatment with antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof, or a composition according to the invention may be achieved by detecting the immunospecific binding of an antibody particularly of a monoclonal antibody or an active fragment thereof to an epitope of the tau protein in a sample or in situ , which includes bringing the sample or a specific body part or body area suspected to contain the tau protein into contact with antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof, which bind an epitope of the tau protein, allowing the antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof, to bind to the tau protein to form an immunologic complex, detecting the formation of the immunologic complex and correlating the presence or absence of the immunologic complex with the presence or absence of tau protein in the sample or specific body part or area, optionally comparing the amount of said immunologic complex before and after onset of the treatment, wherein an decrease in the amount of said immunologic complex indicates that said patient has a
  • Biological samples that may be used in the diagnosis of a tau protein-associated disease or condition, for diagnosing a predisposition to a tau protein-associated disease or condition, including neurodegenerative diseases or disorders such as tauopathies comprising a heterogenous group of neurodegenerative diseases or disorders including diseases or disorders which show co-exsistance of tau and amyloid pathologies, or for monitoring minimal residual disease in a patient or for predicting responsiveness of a patient to a treatment with antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof, or a composition according to the invention and as described herein are, for example, fluids such as serum, plasma, saliva, gastric secretions, mucus, cerebrospinal fluid, lymphatic fluid and the like or tissue or cell samples obtained from an organism such as neural, brain, cardiac or vascular tissue.
  • any immunoassay known to those of ordinary skill in the art may be used such as, for example, assays which utilize indirect detection methods using secondary reagents for detection, ELISA's and immunoprecipitation and agglutination assays.
  • assays which utilize indirect detection methods using secondary reagents for detection, ELISA's and immunoprecipitation and agglutination assays.
  • a detailed description of these assays is, for example, given in Harlow and Lane, Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York 1988 555-612 , WO96/13590 to Maertens and Stuyver, Zrein et al. (1998 ) and WO96/29605 .
  • antibodies particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof, or any active and functional part thereof may be administered to the organism to be diagnosed by methods known in the art such as, for example, intravenous, intranasal, intraperitoneal, intracerebral, intraarterial injection such that a specific binding between an antibody according to the invention with an eptitopic region on the amyloid protein may occur.
  • the binding peptide/antigen complex may conveniently be detected through a label attached to the binding peptide according to the invention including antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies, or a functional fragment thereof or any other art-known method of detection.
  • the immunoassays used in diagnostic applications or in applications for diagnosing a predisposition to a tau protein-associated disease or condition including neurodegenerative diseases or disorders such as tauopathies comprising a heterogenous group of neurodegenerative diseases or disorders including diseases or disorders which show coexistence of tau and amyloid pathologies, or for monitoring minimal residual disease in a patient or for predicting responsiveness of a patient to a treatment with antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof, or a composition according to the invention and as described herein typically rely on labelled antigens, binding peptides, or secondary reagents for detection.
  • proteins or reagents can be labelled with compounds generally known to those of ordinary skill in the art including enzymes, radioisotopes, and fluorescent, luminescent and chromogenic substances including, but not limited to colored particles, such as colloidal gold and latex beads.
  • enzymes radioisotopes
  • fluorescent, luminescent and chromogenic substances including, but not limited to colored particles, such as colloidal gold and latex beads.
  • radioactive labelling can be used for almost all types of assays and with most variations.
  • Enzyme-conjugated labels are particularly useful when radioactivity must be avoided or when quick results are needed.
  • Fluorochromes although requiring expensive equipment for their use, provide a Very sensitive method of detection. Binding peptides useful in these assays are those disclosed claimed herein including antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies, and affinity purified polyclonal antibodies.
  • the antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof may be labelled indirectly by reaction with labelled substances that have an affinity for immunoglobulin, such as protein A or G or second antibodies.
  • the antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof may be conjugated with a second substance and detected with a labelled third substance having an affinity for the second substance conjugated to the antibody.
  • the antibodies, particularly monoclonal antibodies and active fragments thereof may be conjugated to biotin and the binding peptide/biotin conjugate detected using labelled avidin or streptavidin.
  • the antibodies may be conjugated to a hapten and the binding peptide/hapten conjugate detected using labelled anti-hapten binding peptide.
  • the antibody is labeled indirectly by reactivity with a second antibody that has been labeled with a detectable label.
  • the second antibody is preferably one that binds to antibodies of the animal from which the monoclonal antibody is derived. In other words, if the monoclonal antibody is a mouse antibody, then the labeled, second antibody is an anti-mouse antibody.
  • this label is preferably an antibody-coated bead, particularly a magnetic bead.
  • the label is preferably a detectable molecule such as a radioactive, fluorescent electrochemiluminescent substance.
  • An alternative double antibody system often referred to as fast format systems because they are adapted to rapid determinations of the presence of an analyte, may also be employed within the scope of the present invention.
  • the system requires high affinity between the antibody and the analyte.
  • the presence of the amyloid protein may be determined using a pair of antibodies, each specific for amyloid protein.
  • One of said pairs of antibodies is referred to herein as a "detector antibody” and the other of said pair of antibodies is referred to herein as a "capture antibody”.
  • the monoclonal antibody of the present invention can be used as either a capture antibody or a detector antibody.
  • the monolonal antibody of the present invention can also be used as both capture and detector antibody, together in a single assay.
  • the double antibody sandwich method may be used for detecting amyloid protein in a sample of biological fluid.
  • the analyte (amyloid protein) is sandwiched between the detector antibody and the capture antibody, the capture antibody being irreversibly immobilized onto a solid support.
  • the detector antibody would contain a detectable label, in order to identify the presence of the antibody-analyte sandwich and thus the presence of the analyte.
  • Exemplary solid phase substances include, but are not limited to, microtiter plates, test tubes of polystyrene, magnetic, plastic or glass beads and slides which are well known in the field of radioimmunoassay and enzyme immunoassay. Methods for coupling antibodies to solid phases are also well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. More recently, a number of porous material such as nylon, nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate, glass fibers and other porous polymers have been employed as solid supports.
  • the present invention also relates to a diagnostic kit for detecting tau protein in a biological sample comprising a composition as defined above. Moreover, the present invention relates to the latter diagnostic kit which, in addition to a composition as defined above, also comprises a detection reagent as defined above.
  • diagnostic kit refers in general to any diagnostic kit known in the art. More specifically, the latter term refers to a diagnostic kit as described in Zrein et al. (1998).
  • the test kit includes a container holding one or more antibodies accordin to the present invention and instructions for using the antibodies for the purpose of binding to tau antigen to form an immunologic complex and detecting the formation of the immunologic complex such that presence or absence of the immunologic complex correlates with presence or absence of tau protein.
  • Hybridomas were generated by fusion of tau vaccine immunized mouse spleen with a myeloma cell line. The hybridomas were assessed for reactivity against both phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated full-length Tau protein, as well as the phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated Tau antigenic peptides used in the vaccine preparation. Hybridoma screening was also performed for reactivity of hybridomas supernatant for tau tangles using immunochemistry on Tau transgenic mouse brain slices.
  • a wild type C57BL/6 mouse vaccinated with ACI-33 (Tau5-20 [pY18]) was for hybridoma production.
  • the mouse was boosted with ACI-33 vaccine on day 0 then again on day 4 ahd the fusion was performed on day 7.
  • 173x10 6 (ACI-33) splenocytes from the immunized mouse were fused with SP2-O-Ag14 myeloma cells at a ratio of 5 splenocytes / 1 myeloma cell.
  • a wild type C57BL/6 mouse vaccinated with ACI-35 (Tau393-408 [pS396, pS404]) was used for hybridoma production.
  • the mouse was boosted with ACI-35 vaccine on day 0 then again on day 4 and the fusion was performed on day 6 x10 7 (ACE-35), splenocytes rom the immunized mouse were fused with 2 x 10 7 SP2-O-Ag14 myeloma cells at a ratio of 3 splenocytes / 1 myeloma cell.
  • a wild type C57BL/6 mouse vaccinated with ACI-36 (Tau401-418 [pS404/S409]) was used for hybridoma production.
  • the mouse was boosted with ACI-36 vaccine on day 0 then again on day 4 and the fusion was performed on day 7.
  • 84x10 6 splenocytes from the immunized mouse were fused with SP2-O-Ag14 myeloma cells at a ratio of 5 splenocytes / 1 myeloma cell.
  • a wild type C57BL/6 mouse vaccinated with ACI-41 (mix of Tau206-221 [pT212/pS214] and Tau196-211 [pS202/pT205]) was used for hybridoma production.
  • the mouse was boosted with ACI-41 vaccine on day 0 then again on day 4 and the fusion was performed on dray 8.
  • 162x106 splenocytes from the immunized mouse were fused with SP2-O-Ag14 myeloma cells at a ratio of 5 splenocytes / 1 myeloma cell.
  • Elisa plates were coated with 50 ul/well of anti-mouse IgG antibody (CER Groupe, Marloie, Belgium) in coating buffer for 16 hrs at 4°C. After washing plates with PBS/Tween 100 ul/well of a blocking solution was applied for 1 hr at RT. 50 ul of undiluted hybridoma supernatant were incubated for 1 hr at RT. After a washing step, a mix of the HorseRadish Peroxydase (HRP)-conjugated anti-mouse IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b and IgG3 (Ab Serotec, Raleigh, NC, USA) was applied on the plates for 1 hr at RT.
  • HRP HorseRadish Peroxydase
  • Hybridomas ELISA screen was performed on pTau peptide (ACI-33, T1.5: Tau5-20 [pY18]; ACI-35, T3.5: Tau393-408[pS396/pS404]; ACI-36, T4.5: Tau401-418 [pS404/S409]; ACI-41, T8.5: Tau206-221 [pT212/pS214] and T9.5: Tau196-211 [pS202/pT205] PolyPeptide Laboratories, Hiller ⁇ d, Denmark), corresponding Tau peptide (ACI-33, T1.6: Tau5-20; ACI-36, T4.6: Tau401-4; ACI-41, T8.6: Tau206-221 and T9.6: Tau196-211, PolyPeptide Laboratories, Hiller ⁇ d, Denmark), phosphorylated full-length (441 aa) Tau protein (pTau protein, Vandebroek et al., 2005) and full-length (441aa) Tau protein (Tau
  • Plates were coated with 10 ⁇ g/ml of corresponding Tau peptide and 1 ⁇ g/ml of corresponding Tau protein overnight at 4°C. After washing each well with PBS-0.05% Tween 20 and blocking with 1% BSA in PBS-0.05% Tween 20, undiluted hybridoma supernatant or medium negative control were added to the plates and incubated at 37°C for 2 hours. After washing plates were incubated with an alkaline phosphatase (AP)-conjugated anti-mouse IgG total antibody (Jackson Laboratories, Baltimore, PA, USA) for 2 hours at 37°C.
  • AP alkaline phosphatase
  • Hybridomas IHC screen Binding of anti-Tau antibodies to tangles in brain sections from transgenic mice (TAUPIR)
  • Elisa plates were coated with 5ug/ml of anti-mouse IgG F(ab')2 fragment specific antibody (Jackson Laboratories, Baltimore, PA, USA) in carbonate-bicarbonate coating buffer pH 9.6 (Sigma, Buchs, Switzerland) overnight at 4°C. After washing plates, undiluted hybridoma supernatant, positive control IgG1 antibody (6E10 at 1ug/ml: Covance, Emeryville, CA, USA) or negative control (culture medium alone) were incubated for 1 hr at RT.
  • anti-mouse IgG F(ab')2 fragment specific antibody Jackson Laboratories, Baltimore, PA, USA
  • carbonate-bicarbonate coating buffer pH 9.6 Sigma, Buchs, Switzerland
  • the secondary AP-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (subclasses 1+2a+2b+3) Fc ⁇ fragment specific antibody (Jackson Laboratories, Baltimore, PA, USA) was incubated on the plates for 2 hrs at 37°C. After a final washing, detection was performed with pNPP (para-nitro-phenyl-phosphate), the phosphatase substrate for AP, and plates were read at 405 nm using an ELISA plate reader. Results are expressed as O.D. (Optical Density).
  • the cell supernatants from the 8x96 well plates resulting from the fusion were screened for production of IgG.
  • 277 wells were positive for IgG expression and were transferred to 24 wells plates.
  • 24 well plates 79 clones were growing and supernatant from those cells were analysed. Positive clones were further transferred in T25 flasks and supernatants screened for IgG production, ELISA and TAUPIR (Table 2).
  • the clone 6C10 was the only one positive in the 3 screens and was selected for subcloning.
  • the cell supernatants from the 8x96 well plates resulting from the fusion were screened for production of IgG.
  • 333 wells were positive for IgG expression and were transferred to 24 wells plates.
  • 75 clones were growing and supernatant from those cells were analysed. Positive clones were further transferred in T25 flasks and supernatants screened for IgG production, ELISA and TAUPIR (Table 3).
  • the cell supernatants from the 8x96 well plates resulting from the fusion were screened for production of IgG.
  • 215 wells were positive for IgG expression and were transferred to 24 wells plates.
  • 81 clones were growing and supernatant from those cells were analysed. Positive clones were further transferred in T25 flasks and supernatants screened for IgG production, ELISA and TAUPIR (table 5).
  • the clones 5D10 and 7C2 were the only ones positive in the 3 screens and were selected for subcloning.
  • the clone 5D10 binds only the peptide T8.5, while the clone 7C2 binds to the two peptides of the ACI-41 vaccine (T8.5 and T9.5) (see Figure 10 in PCT application PCT/EP2010/054418 ).
  • the subclone 5D10A4 originating from 5D10 was specific for pTau peptide.
  • the antibodies generated have shown high specificity to pTau peptides with only marginal binding to non-phosphorylated peptides.
  • the positive motherclones mentioned above were further cultivated in 96 well plates, then 24 well plates and finally T25 flasks. At each stage, the supernatants of the hybridoma clones were screened by ELISA, Taupir and Western Blot.
  • Antibody heavy and light variable region genes from the hybridoma cells are cloned and the DNA sequences and location of the complementarity determining regions (CDRs) determined as well as the antibodies binding features.
  • CDRs complementarity determining regions
  • V H and V K cDNAs were prepared using reverse trahscriptase with IgG and kappa constant region primers.
  • the first strand cDNAs were amplified by PCR using a large set of signal sequence primers.
  • the amplified DNAs were gel-purified and cloned into the vector pGem ® T Easy (Promega).
  • the V H and V K clones obtained were screened for inserts of the expected size.
  • the DNA sequence of selected clones was determined in both directions by automated DNA sequencing. The locations of the complementarity determining regions (CDRs) in the sequences were determined with reference to other antibody sequences (Kabat EA et al ., 1991).
  • the objective was to measure the phospho-Tau (pTau) binding of the antibodies generated from subcloned hybridomas derived from mice immunized with the tau liposomal vaccines.
  • an enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) was used to measure the binding of the purified antibodies to both phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated full-length Tau protein, as well as the phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated Tau antigenic peptides used for the liposomal vaccine preparation.
  • the screening was completed by two other methods. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) on brain sections from a Tau transgenic animal (TAUPIR) using an anti-tau antibody as the primary antibody was done. Additionally, a western blot (WB) on brain protein homogenates from Tau transgenic mice was performed, using an anti-tau antibody as the blotting antibody.
  • IHC Immunohistochemistry
  • WB western blot
  • the anti-phospho Tau antibodies (mouse IgG3 isotype) were generated from liposomal tau vaccinated mice.
  • the liposomal vaccines are phosphorylated preparations of a phospho-Tau (pTau) peptide.
  • the hybridoma sub-clones producing the anti-tau antibodies were selected by limiting dilution from the mother-clones. Isotyping was done to indicate the presence of a single isotype clone.
  • the antibodies was produced in roller-bottles, purified by affinity chromatography, subjected to sterile 0.22 ⁇ m filtration, and quantified. To test the binding of the antibody to Tau and pTau, an ELISA assay was used.
  • pNPP p -nitrophenyl phosphate disodium hexahydrate
  • PBST PBS/0.1% TritonX100
  • Diaminobenzidine 1 tablet in 10 ml of 50 mM Tris.HCl + 3 ul H 2 O 2 30%; MP Biomedicals, Solon, OH, USA.
  • the reaction was stopped by washing the sections 3 times in PBST. Sections were then transferred onto silanized glass-plates and air-dried on warm-plate at 50°C for 2 hours. Counterstaining was done using incubation with Mayers hematoxylin (Fluka Chemie, Buchs, Switzerland) for 1 min, followed by a washing step for 4 min in running tap-water.
  • Sections were dehydrated by passing in 50%, 70%, 90% and twice in 100% ethanol bath then in Xylol 2 times for 1 min. Finally sections were mounted with DePeX (BDH Chemicals Ltd., Poole, England) under glass cover-slips.
  • hybridoma supernatants at 1/10 dilution (all ACI-35-derived antibodies shown in Table 1) were used to blot membranes containing SDS-PAGE separated brain homogenate proteins from Tau transgenic mice, wild-type mice, or Tau knock-out mice.
  • the assay for the immunoreaction of the anti-pTau antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 to pTau in human brain was done by TAUPIR. Brain paraffin sections were de-paraffinized by passing in Xylol 2 times for 5 min and 2 times for 1 min in 100% EtOH, followed by 1 min wash in 90%, 70%, and 50% EtOH and distilled water, followed by 2 times 5 min washes in PBS. For antigen retrieval, sections were treated by heating for 10 min in 0.01 M citric acid solution in water (pH 6.0) and cooled down for 20 min. Sections were incubated for 15 min at RT in 1.5% H 2 O 2 in PBS:MeOH (1:1) to block endogenous peroxidase activity.
  • DAB diaminobenzidine
  • Binding of the test antibody to pTau in the brain extract from transgenic animal was done by WB. Brain homogenization from wild-type FVB, TPLH, biGT and TKO mice was done in the following buffer: 25 mM Tris/HCl pH7.6, 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM EGTA, 30 mM NaF, 0.2 mM Na 3 VO 4 , 1 nM Okadaic acid, 1 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF), 5 mM Na4P2O7, 1 tablet complete protease inhibitor cocktail (CPIC) per 12 ml total.
  • buffer 25 mM Tris/HCl pH7.6, 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM EGTA, 30 mM NaF, 0.2 mM Na 3 VO 4 , 1 nM Okadaic acid, 1 mM phenylmethyls
  • the brain was homogenized on ice in 1 vol / weight hemisphere (ml / g) with a motor-driven potter-like glass tube / teflon pestle at 700 rpm.
  • Total brain homogenates were diluted by half in sample buffer (125 mM Tris/HCl pH6.8, 4% (w/v) sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), 20% glycerol, 0.01% bromophenol blue and 5% beta-mercapto-ethanol), then heated rapidly to 95°C.
  • sample buffer 125 mM Tris/HCl pH6.8, 4% (w/v) sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), 20% glycerol, 0.01% bromophenol blue and 5% beta-mercapto-ethanol
  • the binding of antibodies were measured against the phosphorylated Tau peptide used as the immunogen, and against the phosphorylated full-length human Tau protein. This is the longest isoform of human Tau protein consisting of 441 amino acids. The corresponding non-phosphorylated peptide and full-length human Tau protein were also included. As indicated in the table 6 antibodies demonstrated high binding to the phosphorylated Tau peptide, with only limited or no binding to the phosphorylated full-length human Tau protein. No binding was observed to the corresponding non-phosphorylated Tau peptide or to the non-phosphorylated full-length human Tau protein. This demonstrates high binding of anti-tau antibodies to phosphorylated human Tau peptides.
  • the antibody was tested for binding to five phospho and non-phospho Tau peptides one of which was used as the antigen peptide sequence. No cross-reactivity to phospho or non-phospho Tau peptides, other than the peptide used in the vaccine was observed, even at high concentrations of peptide.
  • anti-tau antibodies to pTau in brains of Tau transgenic mice was evaluated by TAUPIR staining ( Figure 1 ) and by WB ( Figure 1 ).
  • Antibodies demonstrated binding to Tau tangles and neuropil threads present in cortex and hippocampus in brains of Tau transgenic (biGT) mice.
  • the antibody dilutions used for the TAUPIR ranged from 0.05 to 0.0033 ug/mL.
  • Anti-tau antibodies were also used as a primary antibody in a WB using total brain homogenates from wild-type FVB, TPLH, biGT and TKO mice, and separated by SDS-PAGE.
  • Two commercial anti-pTau antibodies were used as controls, MC1 and Tau5. All anti-tau antibodies bound to pTau present in brains of Tau transgenic mice.
  • ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 The ability of antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 to bind to Tau-aggregates, lodged in human brain sections from subjects with diagnosed tauopathies, including AD, FAD, AGD, FTDP-17, CBD, and PSP, was examined by TAUPIR immunohistochemistry ( Figure 2 ).
  • the anti-pTau antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 bound to pTau containing neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), neuropil threads in human brain sections, and other forms of pTau accumulations present in neurons and in glial cell-types.
  • NFTs neurofibrillary tangles
  • ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 prominently stained NFTs, neuropil threads, and dystrophic neurites surrounding amyloid plaques in AD brains, which was readily apparent in the subjects diagnosed with AD and FAD.
  • ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 stained both NFTs and neuropil threads, with multiple argyrophilic grains/granules clearly visible ( Figure2 ,). Staining of brain sections from PSP with ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 showed NFTs, neuropil threads, and dystrophic neurites.
  • the anti-pTau antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 demonstrated good binding to various known pTau-rich pathological features present in the brains of these subjects.
  • the objective of the study was to determine the binding affinity between anti-tau antibodies and the phospho-tau peptide using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR).
  • SPR Surface Plasmon Resonance
  • Phospho-tau peptide correspond to the peptide sequence used in the vaccine preparation to generate the anti-tau antibody.
  • phosphopeptides were immobilized to the surface of a sensor chip and the binding monitored in real-time using SPR upon passing antibody over the chip.
  • Ethanolamine was passed over the surface and giving a final immobilization level of 218 RUs.
  • Five concentrations of the anti-tau antibodies were assayed by serial dilutions using running buffer. Injections were performed starting from the lowest concentration and were passed over both fc 1 and 2 at a flow rate of 30 ⁇ L/min for 180 s. Flow cell 1 was underivatized and responses were subtracted from fc 2 to correct for instrument noise and bulk refractive changes. After injection was finished, the surfaces were washed immediately with running buffer for 300 s. To remove remaining bound antibody from the chip, surface regeneration was performed by injecting a pulse (typically 3 ⁇ l) of 8 mM NaOH in water containing 1M NaCl.
  • a pulse typically 3 ⁇ l
  • Kinetic analysis was performed using algorithms for numerical integration and global analysis using BIAevaluation 3.0.
  • the sensograms obtained for injections of antibody at different concentrations were overlaid and the baselines adjusted to zero.
  • curve fitting all data were fit simultaneously to a 1:1 homogeneous (Langmuir) model.
  • immobilized biotinylated T3 peptide (T3.30) was immobilized to a Streptavidin Biacore SA chip (GE Healthcare) using a Biacore X instrument.
  • Antibodies were diluted in HBS-EP running buffer (GE Healthcare) and injected at 50ul/min for 120s followed by 100s dissociation. Surface regeneration was performed using a pulse (1-3 ul) of 16 mM NaOH. Fitting was performed using BIAevaluation and assuming a 1:1 Langmuir binding interaction.
  • the binding of the anti-tau antibodies to the phosphorylated Tau peptide was monitored in real-time using SPR. Analyses of the association and dissociation phases of antibody binding could be used to determine the association rate constant ( k a ), dissociation rate constant ( k d ) as well as dissociation constant K D .
  • Antibody ACI-33-6C10-Ab1 binds specifically to peptide T1.5 over the non-derivatized carboxymethyl dextran surface in the range 3.7 ⁇ 367 nM of antibody.
  • Kinetic analyses of the sensograms revealed a fast association rate constant of 9.46 x 10 5 M -1 s -1 and a dissociation rate constant of 3.27 x 10 -3 s -1 (Table7).
  • the dissociation constant K D was determined therefore to be 3.46 nM showing that the antibody recognizes the phosphopeptide T1.5 with very high affinity. All tested antibodies displayed a high affinity to their respective phosphopeptides used for immunization and hybridoma generation, but they displayed little affinity to non-phosphopeptides.
  • Epitope mapping of anti-phospho Tau mouse monoclonal antibodies was performed by ELISA using different phospho and non-phospho peptide libraries.
  • the amino acid sequences of peptide libraries used are shown in Table 8. Each library consisted of short biotinylated peptides spanning phospho and non-phospho sequences present in the peptide vaccine.
  • Peptide libraries were purchased from ANAWA Trading SA. Epitope mapping was done according to the manufacturer's (Mimotopes) instructions. Briefly, streptavidin coated plates (NUNC) were blocked with 0.1% BSA in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) overnight at 4°C.
  • NUNC streptavidin coated plates
  • epitopes could be identified including the required phosphorylated amino acid residue (see table 9) to which the antibodies disclosed herein specifically bind.
  • mice Female and male 6.3 months old ( ⁇ 3 days) Tg mice over-expressing the full-length human TAU isoform TAU441, bearing the missense mutations V337M and R406W under the control of murine Thy-1 promoter (TMHT mice), were used for Study no.1 (see Table above). Mice were euthanized 1 day following the last administration to determine TAU pathology in the brain.
  • mice were numbered consecutively by classical earmarking. All animals were re-genotyped prior to the start of the study. Mice were kept according to the JSW Standard Operating Procedures based on international standards. Animals were housed in individual ventilated cages on standardized rodent bedding supplied by Rettenmaier®. The temperature was maintained at approximately 24 °C and the relative humidity was maintained between 40 to 70 %. Animals were housed under a constant light-cycle (12 hours light/dark). Dried, pelleted standard rodent chow (Altromin®) and normal tap water were available to the animals ad libitum. Each individual animal was checked regularly for any clinical signs that were noted in the individual animal datasheet.
  • Immunoreactive objects were measured above a size restriction (30 ⁇ m 2 in the amygdala, 7 ⁇ m 2 in the hippocampus) and above a dynamic intensity threshold. Total area and intensity of objects and the individual threshold were automatically filed. If used, a dynamic threshold was defined as "mean intensity within AOI plus factor times the standard deviation of pixel intensities within the AOI". In any case, values had to exceed a minimal set threshold. Exact threshold levels are given in the table below. Thresholds Minimum Dynamice factor AT180 Amygdala 25 2 AT180 28 - Hippocampus HT7 Amygdala 35 2 HT7 Hippocampus 25 0.5
  • the region size was measured by manual delineation of the hippocampus and amygdala.
  • HT7 and AT180 IR area data were normalized to the regions size.
  • Brain TAU pathology was determined in hippocampus and amygdala by immunohistochemical (IHC) quantitation using AT180 (anti-pTAU) and HT7 (anti-TAU) antibodies. Furthermore, the treatment effects on soluble pTAU and TAU in cortex and hippocampus was measured in the soluble homogenate fraction using MesoScale Discovery (MSD) duplex technology, probing for pTAU and total TAU.
  • MSD MesoScale Discovery
  • mice treated according to method 6.1.1 were euthanized 1 day following the second administration to determine Tau pathology in the brain.
  • the homogenates were centrifuged (74,200 x g for 15 min at 4°C) and the supernatants were used for the analysis of soluble Tau.
  • the concentration of total protein in the soluble fractions of cortex samples was determined by a BCA protein quantitation assay (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, IL, USA).
  • the two pTau PHF-specific primary antibodies used for the WBs were: anti-pS396 (PHF-13 epitope; AbCam, Cambridge, UK; used at 3 ⁇ g/mL), specific to phosphorylated Ser396 (pS396) of human or murine pTau (Hoffmann et al., 1997), and AD2 (PHF-1 epitope; BioRad, Reinach, Switzerland; used at 0.4 ⁇ g/mL), specific for human and murine pS396 and phosphorylated Ser404 (pS404; Reig et al., 1995).
  • Tau5 0.5 ⁇ g/mL
  • an antibody that binds both human and murine Tau BD Biosciences, Allschwil, Switzerland
  • membranes were washed with 0.1% Tween in TBS, and incubated with the secondary antibodies: goat anti-mouse-IRDye800 or goat anti-rabbit-IRDye680 (both from Li-Cor Biosciences, NE, USA), both diluted 1:15000 in BB and 0.1% Tween.
  • Membranes were then incubated 1 hour at room-temperature protected from light, washed for 15 min 3-times with 0.1 % Tween in TBS, and for 5 min 2-times with TBS, and bands quantified using Li-Cor Odyssey near-infrared imaging system (Li-Cor). Bands were normalized to ⁇ -actin expression (AbCam; used at 0.4 ⁇ g/mL). To verify the identification of the human transgenic versus the mouse endogenous Tau bands, blots were probed with an antibody specific for human total Tau (Tau13, AbCam; not shown).
  • membranes were probed with an anti-mouse primary antibody, to verify that the treatment antibodies, ACI-36-2B6-Ab2 and ACI-36-3A8-Ab2, were not present in the denatured test samples in sufficient quantity to interfere with the binding of anti-pS396 or AD2. No intact or denatured treatment antibodies were detected (results not shown) in the samples used for this study.
  • ACI-36-3A8-AB2 treatment increased AT180 IR pTAU compared to the PBS group in the amygdala.
  • ACI-36-2B6-AB2 treatment decreased pTAU.
  • AT180 specifically labels pTAU.
  • the frequency of AT180 IR cells was decreased in ACI-36-2B6-AB2 treated mice. This effect was stronger in the low dose (3 mg/kg) group (ACI-36-2B6-AB2 LD). The somal staining pattern does not differ among groups.
  • NFTs neurofibrillary tangles
  • PHFs paired helical filaments
  • Tau microtubule-associated protein Tau
  • the objective of this study was to use antibodies that recognize pTau PHF to probe for and quantify these pTau PHF epitopes in the brains of Tau transgenic mice, following the administration of ACI-36-2B6-Ab2 and ACI-36-3A8-Ab2.
  • brain cortex soluble fractions from treated Tau Tg mice were probed with AD2 (PHF-1 epitope, pS396/pS404) and anti-pS396 antibody (PHF-13 epitope, pS396) using WBs.
  • the immunoreactivity was quantified using an infrared imaging system.
  • AD2 PHF immunoreactivity in the cortex of Tau Tg mice were determined using AD2 which probes for pS396 and pS404, two previously documented PHF phospho residues of Tau (Greenberg et al., 1992; Reig et al., 1995).
  • ACI-36-2B6-Ab2 Two peripheral administrations of ACI-36-2B6-Ab2 at 3 mg/kg to Tau Tg mice reduced the presence of pTau PHF epitopes in the cortex as measured by Western-blotting. At a higher dose of 10 mg/kg, both ACI-36-2B6-Ab2 and ACI-36-3A8-Ab2 showed a trend towards reduced pTau PHF epitope immunoreactivity. These results show that ACI-36-2B6-Ab2 and ACI-36-3A8-Ab2 antibodies may be suitably used in passive immunotherapy against tauopathies such as Alzheimer's Disease.
  • EXAMPLE 7 1-month treatment of human Tau over-expressing mice
  • MWM water-maze
  • the MWM consists of a white circular pool with a diameter of 100 cm, filled with tap water at a temperature of 21 ⁇ 2 °C.
  • the pool is virtually divided into four sectors.
  • a transparent platform (8 cm diameter) is placed about 0.5 cm beneath the water surface. During all test sessions, the platform is located in the southwest quadrant of the pool.
  • Each mouse had to perform three trials on each of four consecutive days. A single trial lasted for a maximum of one minute. During this time, the mouse had the chance to find the hidden, diaphanous target.
  • mice After each trial mice were allowed to rest on the platform for 10-15 sec to orientate in the surrounding. At least one hour after the last trial on day 4, mice had to fulfill a so-called probe trial (PT).
  • PT probe trial
  • the platform was removed from the pool and the number of crossings over the former target position was recorded by the experimenter together with the abidance in this quadrant.
  • escape latency the time [seconds] the mouse needed to find the hidden platform and therefore to escape from the water
  • pathway the length of the trajectory [meter] to reach the target
  • target zone crossings the abidance in the target quadrant in the PT
  • a computerized tracking system (Biobserve Software) was used. All animals had to perform a visual test after the PT on the last day to exclude influence of insufficient seeing abilities on behavioral results.
  • mice were euthanized 1 day following the MWM (1 week hollowing last administration) to determine Tau pathology in the brain.
  • Brain Tau pathology was determined in hippocampus and amygdala by immunohistochemical (IHC) quantitation using AT180 (anti-pTau, pT231/pS235) and HT7 (human-specific anti-Tau) antibodies.
  • IHC immunohistochemical
  • AT180 anti-pTau, pT231/pS235
  • HT7 human-specific anti-Tau
  • MSD MesoScale Discovery
  • mice were euthanized for tissue collection, one week following the last treatment administration.
  • the homogenates were centrifuged (74,200 g for 15 min at 4°C) and the supernatants were used for the analysis of soluble Tau in cortex and hippocampus ( Figure 4-1 ).
  • the solutions were centrifuged (4,000 g for 20 min at 4°C) and the supernatants transferred to ultracentrifugation tubes.
  • Sarkosyl (a 30% aqueous solution) was then added to a final concentration of 1% and incubated for 1.5 hours at room temperature.
  • Soluble and SinT fractions from cortex and hippocampus were diluted by adding an equal volume of sample buffer A (125 mM Tris-HCl pH 6.8, 4% [w/v] sodium dodecyl sulfate [SDS], 20% glycerol, 0.01% bromophenol blue, 5% ⁇ -mercaptoethanol), and the samples were heated to 95°C for 10 min. 30 ⁇ g of sample was loaded onto a 4-12% Bis-Tris gel (Invitrogen, Basel, Switzerland) and run in MOPS SDS buffer (Invitrogen). Proteins were transferred to a 0.45 ⁇ m PVDF membrane in transfer buffer (25 mM Tris pH 8.6, 190 mM glycine, 20% methanol).
  • membranes were stained with Ponceau S for 5 min. Membranes were then washed, and blocked for 1 hour in blocking buffer (5% BSA in TBS [50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.6, 150 mM NaCl]). Membranes were blotted over-night at 4°C with the primary antibodies in blocking buffer and 0.1% Tween.
  • the two pTau PHF-specific primary antibodies used for the WBs were: anti-pS396 (PHF-13 epitope; AbCam, Cambridge, UK; used at 3 ⁇ g/mL), specific to phosphorylated Ser396 (pS396) of human or murine pTau (Hoffmann et al., 1997), and AD2 (PHF-1 epitope; BioRad, Reinach, Switzerland; used at 0.4 ⁇ g/mL), specific for human and murine pS396 and phosphorylated Ser404 (pS404; Reig et al., 1995).
  • ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 was used for blotting at 1.6 ⁇ g/mL.
  • Tau5 an antibody that binds both human and murine Tau (BD Biosciences, Allschwil, Switzerland), was used at 0.5 ⁇ g/mL. All membranes were additionally blotted for ⁇ -action (AbCam; used at 0.4 ⁇ g/mL) to normalize for protein loading.
  • membranes were washed with 0.1 % Tween in TBS, and incubated with the secondary antibodies: goat anti-mouse-IRDye800 or goat anti-rabbit-IRDye680 (both from Li-Cor Biosciences, NE, USA), both diluted 1:15,000 in BB and 0.1% Tween.
  • Membranes were then incubated 1 hour at room-temperature protected from light, washed for 15 min 3-times with 0.1 % Tween in TBS, and for 5 min 2-times with TBS, and bands quantified using Li-Cor Odyssey near-infrared imaging system (Li-Cor). Bands of interest were normalized to ⁇ -actin expression.
  • blots were probed with an antibody specific for human total Tau and does not cross-react with murine Tau (Tau13, AbCam; not shown). Additionally, membranes were probed with an anti-mouse primary antibody, to verify that the treatment-antibody, was not present in the denatured test samples in sufficient quantity to interfere with the binding of the primary blotting antibodies. No intact or denatured treatment antibodies were detected (results not shown) in the samples used for this study. Values are expressed as arbitrary ⁇ -actin-corrected immunoreactivity (IR).
  • Tg (group A) as well as nTg (F) control animals' treated with vehicle showed the expected learning curves when evaluating escape latency and length of the swimming path to reach the platform over the four testing days.
  • Tg control (A) animals had a significant learning impairment as shown by flatter learning curves in escape latencies and swimming paths compared to nTg control animals (F). Escape latencies and swimming path were significantly (Two Way ANOVA) longer on training days 3 and 4 (p ⁇ 0.001; Bonferroni's post test).
  • the AT180 antibody stains the endogenous and human pTAU (doubly phosphorylated at Thr231 and Ser235).
  • AT180 IR in the amygdala and hippocampus after ACI-36-2B6-AB1 and ACI-36-3A8-AB1 immunization was determined.
  • the AT180 IR area percentage in the amygdala and hippocampus was measured.
  • the amount of intrasomal pTAU in nTg controls was significantly lower compared to Tg groups (p ⁇ 0.001).
  • a tendency to increase somal pTAU was observed for the 3 mg/kg ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 treatment.
  • both dosages of ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 tended to lower pTAU compared to vehicle treated animals in the hippocampus.
  • Mean staining intensities were comparable in all transgenic groups.
  • ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 treatment did not alter somal pTAU in the hippocampus and amygdala and neuronal pTAU levels in the amygdala and hippocampus did not differ significantly among treated transgenic groups. Mean and sum of staining intensities were comparable in all transgenic groups.
  • ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 treatment did not significantly alter somal HT7 positive IR area in the amygdala () and the hippocampus () compared to the vehicle control (PBS). Mean and sum of staining intensities were comparable in all transgenic groups (data not shown).
  • Brain Tau pathology did not show a change in total Tau or pTau levels in the brain soluble fraction, however immunostaining of brain sections demonstrated a reduction in hippocampus pTau in mice treated with ACI-36-2B6-Ab1.
  • AD Alzheimer's Disease
  • NFTs neurofibrillary tangles
  • PHFs paired helical filaments
  • Tau microtubule-associated protein Tau
  • Tau is expressed as endogenous murine Tau and as the human Tau transgene, with a molecular-weight difference that can be clearly identified on WBs when a blotting antibody binds Tau from both species and Tau from the two different transcripts is expressed in sufficient amounts. Therefore when possible, the endogenous mouse and human transgenic Tau bands were identified for each blotting antibody and quantified separately.
  • an anti-Tau antibody that binds to total Tau, but is human specific (Tau13), and therefore only shows the human transgene in Tau Tg brains was used for Tau Tg control samples to verify migration patterns for human and mouse Tau in the Tau transgenic mice. Additionally, all quantified bands were normalized to ⁇ -actin.
  • the direct target effect of the treatment-antibody was probed for in the cortex using ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 and the ACI-36-2B6-Ab1, respectively, as the blotting antibody.
  • This anti-pTau antibody binds to the same phospho-Tau epitope as the treatment antibody used in this study. Blots had previously been probed with a secondary anti-mouse IgG antibody only.
  • the hippocampus was also probed, using the same antibodies and fractions as that for the cortex. Lower signals for all blotting antibodies were detected in fractions from hippocampus compared to that of cortex.
  • ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 treatment did not significantly alter the presence of the pS396 (PHF-13) epitope in the mouse Tau soluble hippocampus fraction, with a small trend for a reduction in the human transgene band.
  • ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 treatment showed trends towards a reduction in the presence of the pS396 (PHF-13) epitope in the mouse Tau soluble hippocampus fraction and the human transgene band.
  • EXAMPLE 8 3-month treatment of human Tau over-expressing mice
  • mice Tau transgenic mice were used and administred the treatment antibodies as shown in the Table in Method 6.1. (study no. 3) and mice were assigned to 4 different treatment groups as described in the table below.
  • Group Mouse strain Geno type Age at start Sex n Treatment A TMHT Tg 3 months ( ⁇ 2 weeks) mixed 15+1 PBS (control) i.p. 10 ⁇ l/ g b.w. weekly B TMHT Tg 3 months ( ⁇ 2 weeks) mixed 15+1 ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 (1 mg/kg) i.p. 10 ⁇ l/ g b.w. weekly C TMHT Tg 3 months ( ⁇ 2 weeks) mixed 15+1 ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 (3 mg/kg) i.p. 10 ⁇ l/g b.w. weekly F TMHT nTg 3 months ( ⁇ 2 weeks) mixed 15+1 PBS (control) i.p. 10 ⁇ l/g b.w. weekly
  • mice plus 3 reserves allocated to treatment groups A to C and 15 nTg mice plus 1 reserve (group F) were treated on day 0, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 77, and 84 by i.p. injection of either PBS (vehicle control) or anti-pTAU antibody, ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 or ACI-36-3A8-Ab1.
  • Animals were randomly enclosed in 5 different starting groups (scales) comprising animals of all treatment groups. The number of animals in a scale was limited to ensure same age and uniform handling. Following the 12 th administration, a water-maze (MWM) task was performed to test for spatial memory performance.
  • MVM water-maze
  • mice were administered the test article one additional time (13 th injection) before being euthanized 24 hours later do determine Tau pathology.
  • Brain Tau pathology was determined in hippocampus and amygdala by immunohistochemical (IHC) quantitation using the AT180 (anti-pTau, pT231/pS235) antibody.
  • IHC immunohistochemical
  • AT180 anti-pTau, pT231/pS235
  • the treatment effects on soluble and sarkosyl-insoluble Tau and pTau in cortex and hippocampus were measured using MesoScale Discovery (MSD) technology, probing for pTau (pT231 and pS396) and total Tau.
  • MSD MesoScale Discovery
  • Total TAU and Tau phosphorylated at Thr231 and at pS396 was quantified in brain homogenates of Tg animals by using an immunosorbent assay from MesoScale Discovery (MSD)
  • TAU pathology was determined by AT180 immunoreactivity in the hippocampus and amygdala of 8 animals per group.
  • Study no. 4 was done using bigenic Tau mice as shown in Method 6.1. Brain cortex samples were prepared as shown in Figure 4-2 , using the total homogenate (TH) or the soluble fraction (S1) for western blotting. Membranes were probed using the following blotting antibodies for pTau or total Tau:
  • Tg control (A) animals showed a significant impairment of learning abilities reflected in flatter learning curves of escape latencies and swimming paths compared to nTg control animals (group F). Escape latencies and swimming paths were significantly (Two Way ANOVA) different on training days 3 (p ⁇ 0.01, latency; p ⁇ 0.001, length; Bonferroni's post test) and 4 (p ⁇ 0.01; Bonferroni's post test). Treatment with ACI-36-2B6-Ab1, low or high dose (B and C) did not significantly improve spatial learning abilities compared to Tg control animals (A).
  • a treatment with ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 did not significantly affect total TAU and pTAU in the in soluble cortex homogenates.
  • a slight increase (without significance) of mean total TAU, p231TAU, and p396TAU was observed upon ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 treatment.
  • TAU phosphorylation evaluated as the ratios of pTAU to total TAU was not affected.
  • a treatment with ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 did not significantly affect total TAU and pTAU in the in sarcosyl insoluble cortex homogenates.
  • a slight decrease (without significance) of mean total TAU and p231TAU was observed upon ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 treatment.
  • TAU phosphorylation evaluated as the ratios of pTAU to total TAU was not affected.
  • a slight decrease (without significance) of TAU phosphorylation evaluated as the ratios of pTAU to total TAU was observed upon ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 treatment.
  • a treatment with ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 did not significantly affect total TAU and pTAU in the in sarcosyl insoluble hippocampus homogenates.
  • TAU phosphorylation evaluated as the ratios of pTAU to total TAU was slightly increased upon 3 mg/kg ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 treatment.
  • TH total homogenate
  • pTau epitope pS400 Figures 6H and 6I
  • pS404 Figures 6L and 6M
  • Measured region areas of the hippocampus and the amygdala not differ significantly throughout all investigated brains which excludes negative effects on tissue during dissection and IHC or staining (e.g. unequivocal shrinkage, different sectioning) and to a certain degree treatment induced atrophy.
  • Individual sections may deviate from the individual and group mean because of e.g. folding of tissue or loss of parts of the section during execution of the labeling protocol. Therefore, the total immunoreactive area [in ⁇ m2] of any labeling was normalized to the section's individual region area [in mm2] by calculating the percentage of the labeled area within the region area [labeled area / (region area * 10.000)].
  • the AT180 antibody detects the endogenous and human pTAU (doubly phosphorylated at Thr231 and Ser235).
  • the amount of intrasomal pTAU in nTg controls was significantly lower compared to Tg groups (p ⁇ 0.01 as well as p ⁇ 0.001).
  • the higher dose of ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 (3 mg/kg - group C) significantly decreased the somal pTAU compared to vehicle treated animals ( Figure 7 , left).
  • the lower dose (1 mg/kg - group C) showed the same tendency but did not reach significance.
  • Brain Tau pathology as measured by MSD did not show a significant change, however immunostaining of brain sections demonstrated a dose-dependent with up to 60% reduction in AT180 (pT231/pS235) immunostaining in neuronal somata.
  • the study shows that passive immunization using thirteen administrations of a phosphosite-specific anti-pTau antibody ACI-36-2B6-Ab1 can improve spatial learning and significantly reduces brain pTau pathology.
  • Tg control (A) animals showed a significant impairment of learning abilities reflected in flatter learning curves of escape latencies and swimming paths compared to nTg control animals (group F). Escape latencies and swimming paths were significantly (Two Way ANOVA) different on training days 3 (p ⁇ 0.01, latency; p ⁇ 0.001, length; Bonferroni's post test) and 4 (p ⁇ 0.01; Bonferroni's post test).
  • a treatment with ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 did not significantly affect total TAU and pTAU in the in soluble cortex homogenates.
  • a slight increase (without significance) of mean total TAU, p231TAU, and p396TAU was observed upon ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 treatment.
  • TAU phosphorylation at 231 evaluated as the ratio of p231TAU to total TAU was slightly decreased after treatment with 3 mg/kg ACI-36-3A8-AB1.
  • a treatment with ACI-36-3A8-AB1 did not significantly affect total TAU and pTAU in the in sarcosyl insoluble cortex homogenates.
  • TAU and pTAU levels in the soluble hippocampus fractions of IRN6301 (group D) were outliers and were excluded.
  • a treatment with ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 did not significantly affect total TAU and pTAU in the in soluble hippocampus homogenates.
  • a slight decrease (without significance) of TAU phosphorylation at 231 evaluated as the ratios of p231TAU to total TAU was observed upon ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 treatment.
  • a treatment with ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 did not significantly affect total TAU and pTAU in the in sarcosyl insoluble hippocampus homogenates.
  • a slight increase (without significance) of mean total TAU, p231TAU as well as p396TAU was observed upon ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 treatment.
  • TAU phosphorylation evaluated as the ratio of p231TAU to total TAU was not affected and treatment with 1mg/kg ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 slightly reduced the ratio of p396TAU to total TAU
  • TH total homogenate
  • pTau epitope pS400 Figures 6H and 6I
  • pS404 Figures 6L and 6M
  • the AT180 antibody detects the endogenous and human pTAU (doubly phosphorylated at Thr231 and Ser235).
  • the amount of intrasomal pTAU in nTg controls was significantly lower compared to Tg groups (p ⁇ 0.001).
  • both doses of ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 [1 mg/kg (group D) and 3 mg/kg (group E)] significantly decreased the somal pTAU compared to vehicle treated animals ( Figure 8 , left).
  • a similar effect was detectable in the hippocampus where the lower dosage ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 reduced pTAU, however in this case the higher dose was less effective and just led to a tendentious decrease ( Figure 8 , right).
  • Brain Tau pathology as measured by MSD did not show a significant change, however immunostaining of brain sections demonstrated a dose-dependent with up to 40% reduction in AT180 (pT231/pS235) immunostaining in neuronal somata.
  • the study shows that passive immunization using thirteen administrations of a phosphosite-specific anti-pTau antibody ACI-36-3A8-Ab1 improves spatial learning and significantly reduces brain pTau pathology.
  • Vaccine Hybridoma Epitope* ACI-33 6C10F9C12A11 Tau aa 15-20, with requirement for pY18 ACI-33 6C10E5E9C12 Tau aa 15-20, with requirement for pY18 ACI-36 6H1A11C11 Tau aa 405-412, with requirement for pS409 ACI-36 6H1G6E6 Tau aa 405-412, with requirement for pS409 ACI-36 2B6A10C11 Tau aa 405-411, with requirement for pS409 ACI-36 2B6G7A12 Tau aa 405-411, with requirement for pS409 ACI-36 3A8A12G7 Tau aa 405-411, with requirement for pS409 ACI-36 3A8E12H8 Tau aa 405-411, with requirement for pS409 ACI-41 7C

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